Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14871

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Julie Bedding

Representation Summary:

WEC Smestow Valley
I object to the housing on the WEC
the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley,Wolverhampton

The nature reserve is one of the only remaining natural places in the area •available for the public to roam.
•Essential to maintaining mental health
•Allowing nature to thrive
•Biodiversity
•Wetland
•Orchids and hundreds of other wild species of plants •provides a corridor into the city for people, wild plants and animals •an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting,
rewilding •a place for children to be educated and appreciate nature
The WEC is not brownfield