Protect the Cornwall we all love

Protection of Areas of Outstanding Beauty, county-wide wildlife corridors, better insulation of buildings, sustainable urban drainage and improved sewage that does not contaminate the sea, solar panels on new houses, inclusion of bat and swift boxes, the retention of greenspace and the planting of orchards as well as hedgehog highways.

Our special county must continue to attract people and green businesses by standing as a model of how to conserve the culture, way of life, wildlife and beauty of our outstanding coast, moors, valleys and communities.

60 per cent wildlife-friendly greenspace, excluding gardens, should be part of planning where new housing will be surrounded by large areas of ponds, parks, meadows, orchards and nature reserve. Other parts of the country have worked with builders to make this doable.

Wildlife corridors should be designed so that wildlife can move all around and through the greenspace and the residential areas. Whether it be hedges, strips of wildflower grassland or gaps under fences and walls, wildlife won't have the barriers they normally face.

Sustainable Urban Drainage. Rather than shunting rainwater straight underground into pipes, in many places it will be directed along rills and swales on the surface - great wildlife habitat - slowing the flow and using nature to clean the water.

Planting for wildlife, including a higher proportion than is usual of native shrubs, many hedges, areas of wildflower grassland for pollinators and butterflies, plus fruit trees in gardens.

All manner of wildlife homes, from birdboxes built into the walls of houses to places where amphibians can hibernate.