Appendix 1 Full list of consultation questions

1. How do you think we should involve our communities and stakeholders in developing the Plan?
2. Please submit any sites for employment and housing you wish to suggest for allocation in the Local Plan. Provide as much information and supporting evidence as possible.
3. Please submit any sites for green space and wildlife habitats you wish to suggest for consideration through the Local Plan. Provide as much information and supporting evidence as possible.
4. Do you agree that planning to 2040 is an appropriate date in the future to plan for? If not, what would be a more appropriate date and why?
5. Do you think we have identified the right cross-boundary issues and initiatives that affect ourselves and neighbouring areas?
6. Do you agree with the potential big themes for the Local Plan?
7. How do you think we should prioritise these big themes?
8. How should the Local Plan help us achieve net zero carbon by 2050?
9. How do you think we should be reducing our impact on the climate? Have we missed any key actions?
10. Do you think we should require extra climate adaptation and resilience features to new developments?
11. Are there any other things we should be doing to adapt to climate change? We want to hear your ideas!
12. How should the Local Plan help us improve the natural environment?
13. How do you think we should improve the green space network?
14. How do we achieve biodiversity net gain through new developments?
15. Do you agree that we should aim to increase tree cover across the area?
16. How should the Local Plan help us achieve 'good growth' that promotes wellbeing and social inclusion?
17. How do you think our plan could help enable communities to shape new development proposals?
18. How do you think we can make sure that we achieve safe and inclusive communities when planning new development?
19. How do you think new developments should support healthy lifestyles?
20. How do you think we should achieve improvements in air quality?
21. How should the Local Plan protect our heritage and ensure new development is well-designed?
22. How do you think we should protect, enhance and adapt our historic buildings and landscapes?
23. How do you think we could ensure that new development is as well-designed as possible?
24. How important do you think continuing economic growth is for the next Local Plan?
25. What kind of business and industrial space do you think is most needed in the area?
26. Do you think we should be protecting existing business and industrial space?
27. How should we balance supporting our knowledge-intensive sectors, with creating a wide range of different jobs? What kind of jobs would you like to see created in the area?
28. In providing for a range of employment space, are there particular locations we should be focusing on? Are there specific locations important for different types of business or industry?
29. How flexible should we be about the uses we allow in our city, town, district, local and village centres?
30. What approach should the next plan take to supporting or managing tourism in Cambridge and the rural area?
31. How should the Local Plan help to meet our needs for the amount and types of new homes?
32. Do you think we should plan for a higher number of homes than the minimum required by government, to provide flexibility to support the growing economy?
33. What kind of housing do you think we should provide?
34. How should we meet the need for additional Gypsy, Traveller and caravan sites?
35. How should we ensure a high standard of housing is built in our area?
36. How should the Local Plan ensure the right infrastructure is provided in line with development?
37. How should we encourage a shift away from car use and towards more sustainable modes of transport such as public transport, cycling and walking?
38. What do you think the priorities are for new infrastructure?
39. Should we look to remove land from the Green Belt if evidence shows it provides a more sustainable development option by reducing travel distances, helping us reduce our climate impacts?
40. How flexible should the Local Plan be towards development of both jobs and homes on the edge of villages?
41. Do you think the Local Plan should be more flexible about the size of developments allowed within village boundaries (frameworks), allowing more homes on sites that become available?
42. Where should we site new development?
43. What do you think about densification?
44. What do you think about developing around the edge of Cambridge on land outside the Green Belt?
45. What do you think about developing around the edge of Cambridge in the Green Belt?
46. What do you think about creating planned new settlements?
47. What do you think about growing our villages?
48. What do you think about siting development along transport corridors?
49. Do you have any views on any specific policies in the two adopted 2018 Local Plans? If so, what are they?
50. What do you think should be in the next Local Plan? Are there issues, ideas or themes that you don't feel we have yet explored?