Chapter 4: Green Infrastructure

Amend GI3 Objective 2 as follows:

Reinforce and extend GI stepping stones within the village core and its approach, through emerging village enhancement and other schemes by retaining and protecting existing street trees and pockets of open space and planting new trees, where feasible. Only where reasons are clearly demonstrated and reasoned, Where should Village Enhancement Schemes or new development requires the removal of trees, remove existing trees, in that instance appropriate replacement planting shall be identified within the Plan area.

Chapter / Section

Chapter 4: Green Infrastructure, Section 4.6

Amendment Ref.

MA 3

Page No.

34

Policy / Objective No.

GI7 Objective 1

Text / Policy / Objective Amendment Wording

Amend GI7 Objective 1 as follows:

Improve the ecological value and connectivity of landscape features within new development through the implementation of the Green Space Factor, ensuring that all relevant developments meet the Green Space Factor score. In particular, ensure that all new development:

a) Avoids sensitive sites and features through site location and/or site design

b) Retains natural features, to the greatest extent possible, as informed by ecological assessments.

a) c) Provides for native tree and ecologically friendly planting on new development sites in line with public realm recommendations

b) d) All new developments are Is designed in accordance with SDCC’s Sustainable Drainage Explanatory, Design and Evaluation Guide 2022 or as amended and should incorporate Nature Based Solutions into the site design.