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The environment section has 15 policies. However, options were presented for just nine of these. This is partly due to the fact that several policies have specific requirements, with no alternative options to consider. Overall 200 comments were received on these 15 policies, with the Biodiversity policy receiving the highest number of comments with 48. A summary of all the comments for each policy can be found in the document attached to the right of this page.
Number of individuals making a submission
Number of comments
options
policy
overall approach
total comments
Decentralised and Renewable Energy Infrastructure
25
10
9
10
29
Biodiversity
31
17
14
17
48
Green Infrastructure and Green Grid
18
10
7
8
25
Existing Open Space and Green Infrastructure
16
4
6
4
14
New Open Space and Green Infrastructure
17
5
9
5
19
Historic Environment
12
2
3
7
12
Archaeological Heritage Assets
9
1
1
2
4
Water Resource
16
7
5
5
17
Flood Risk
8
2
6
8
Sustainable Drainage
8
3
7
10
Air Quality
12
2
3
3
8
Noise and Lighting
6
1
4
5
Hazardous Substances
1
0
Contaminated Land
1
0
Land Stability
3
1
1
200
The environment section has 15 policies. However, options were presented for just nine of these. This is partly due to the fact that several policies have specific requirements, with no alternative options to consider. Overall 200 comments were received on these 15 policies, with the Biodiversity policy receiving the highest number of comments with 48. A summary of all the comments for each policy can be found in the document attached to the right of this page.
The environment section has 15 policies. However, options were presented for just nine of these. This is partly due to the fact that several policies have specific requirements, with no alternative options to consider. Overall 200 comments were received on these 15 policies, with the Biodiversity policy receiving the highest number of comments with 48. A summary of all the comments for each policy can be found in the document attached to the right of this page.