…: • Prioritising development in areas with access to services and walking/cycling routes to reduce need to travel by private car (Policy SD2); • Encouraging new developments to provide sufficient walking and cycling infrastructure (Policy T1); • Encouraging the development of electric car charging infrastructure (Policy T10); and • Requiring the assessment of air quality impacts in transport…
…. Policies are required to support appropriate measures to ensure the future resilience of communities and infrastructure to climate change impacts, promote walking, cycling and public transport, provide a positive strategy for the supply of renewable and low 2 RPLP Policy CC1: Responding to Climate Change September 2020 8 carbon…
… of microclimate for reducing the urban heat island effect. This include but not exhaustive: • Flood water management - managing surface water through naturalise solutions; • Creating microclimates - managing high temperatures; • Carbon storage and sequestration – storing carbon in soils and vegetation; • Providing local recreation areas and green travel routes to encourage walking and cycling…