Comment

Representation ID: 13235

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Angela Wadeley

We must protect our Green spaces of all incarnations for the "Nature Services" we receive. We need for example productive farmland, forestry, drainage and flood protection, heatwave cooling, clean air, fauna and flora protection, carbon storage, and space to breathe. The pandemic has shown that we appreciate Green spaces for their intrinsic value and for the physical and mental health benefits we gain. Without the Green Belt which defines and separates the four boroughs and also other surrounding boroughs, our local identities will merge into Greater Birmingham and the wider West Midlands Conurbation. I expect that this will have detrimental consequences now, for the next generation growing up and for future generations.