Preferred Options 2025

Yes

Representation ID: 107078

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 22.
This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) of the CNL Management Plan43 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy44.

Yes

Representation ID: 107079

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 23. This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) of the CNL Management Plan45 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy46.

Yes

Representation ID: 107080

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 26.
In particular, the Board would support the principle of producing design codes that relate specifically to settlements within - and, where appropriate, directly adjacent to - the CNL.

Yes

Representation ID: 107081

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 31.
This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) and Policy UE3 (Sustainable Tourism) of the CNL Management Plan61 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy62.

Yes

Representation ID: 107082

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 32.
This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) of the CNL Management Plan63 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy64.

Yes

Representation ID: 107083

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Overall, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 33. This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) of the CNL Management Plan65 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy66.
However, we recommend that Draft Policy Direction 33 and / or the supporting text should also explicitly address the thresholds for increases in traffic movements that are considered to be significant. These thresholds are set out in the guidance on ‘Environmental Assessment of Traffic and Movement’, published by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).67
For most roads, the threshold is a 30% increase in traffic movements and for ‘sensitive areas’ it is 10%. The Board’s Tranquillity Position Statement refers to these thresholds and states that the 10% threshold should be applied in relation to increases in traffic movements on roads through - and along the boundary of - the CNL.68 As outlined in the Tranquillity Position Statement, the Board considers that increases above this 10% threshold are likely to have a significant adverse effect on the tranquillity of the CNL, which is one of the area’s ‘special qualities’.69
We recommend that Draft Policy Direction 33 should explicitly state that proposals that would increase traffic movements on roads through - and along the boundary of - the CNL by 10% or more will not be supported.

Yes

Representation ID: 107084

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 37.
This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CE8 (Nature recovery and biodiversity) of the CNL Management Plan and in the Cotswolds Nature Recovery Plan.
Within the CNL, the focus should be on the priority habitats and species listed in Appendix 8 of the CNL Management Plan.

Yes

Representation ID: 107085

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach outlined in Draft Policy Direction 40.
We are pleased to see that Draft Policy Direction 40 is underpinned by Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework.

Yes

Representation ID: 107086

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach outlined in Draft Policy Direction 41.
This approach aligns with the approach that is advocated in Policy CC1 (Climate Change - Mitigation) of the CNL Management Plan83 and in the Board’s Climate Change Strategy84.
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Yes

Representation ID: 107087

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

Yes, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach outlined in Draft Policy Direction 43a.