Question 7. How do you think we should prioritise these big themes? Rank the options below 1-4 (1 - Most Preferred 4 - Least Preferred):

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces

Climate Change, Great Places, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Climate Change, Great Places, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Great Places, Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places, Biodiversity and Green Spaces

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places, Climate Change

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

We don’t. It is inappropriate to seek to prioritise these big themes. All of the themes fall within and under the overarching theme of sustainable development and represent the three objectives of sustainable development. As stated in Paragraph 8 of the NPPF, “Achieving sustainable development means that the planning system has three overarching objectives [economic, social and environmental], which are interdependent and need to be pursued in mutually supportive ways (so that opportunities can be taken to secure net gains across each of the different objectives):…”. Therefore, national guidance expects all of the objectives of sustainable development to be considered jointly, with no priority given to one objective over another. The emerging GCLP will need to balance all three objectives of sustainable development, and as such balance all of the big themes too.

Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Climate Change, Great Places, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion

Climate Change, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Great Places

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places

Climate Change, Biodiversity and Green Spaces, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, Great Places