Comment

Representation ID: 17187

Received: 29/09/2021

Respondent: Walsall Arboretum User Group

Policy ENVI -- Nature Conservation states
Development within the Black Country will safeguard nature conservation, inside and outside its
boundaries, by ensuring that: a) development will not be permitted where it would, alone or in
combination with other plans or projects, have an adverse impact on the integrity of an
internationally designated site, including Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), which are covered in
more detail in Policy ENV2; b) development is not permitted where it would harm nationally (Sites of
Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserves) or regionally (Local Nature Reserves and
Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation) designated nature conservation sites; c) locally
designated nature conservation sites (Sites of Local Importance for Nature Conservation), important
habitats and geological features are protected from development proposals that could negatively
impact them; d) the movement of wildlife within the Black Country and its adjoining areas, through
both linear habitats (e.g. wildlife corridors) and the wider urban matrix (e.g. stepping-stone sites) is
not impeded by development; e) species that are legally protected, in decline, are rare within the
Black Country or that are covered by national, regional, or local Biodiversity Action Plans will be protected as far as possible when development occurs.

We contend that the planned development contravenes this policy.