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Representation ID: 25902

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Green spaces and functioning ecosystems are referenced in paragraph 8.44. This paragraph could be enhanced by specifically referring to blue corridors (such as the River Gipping) here too. Blue corridors promote the idea of 'making space for water' and can involve setting back urban development from watercourses, overland flow paths and ponding areas creating a mosaic of urban corridors designed to facilitate natural hydrological processes whilst minimising urban flooding, enhancing biodiversity and improving access to recreation.