Object
Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report
Representation ID: 183
Received: 07/09/2017
Respondent: Birmingham and the Black Country Wildlife Trust
We strongly disagree with the principle of always prioritising brownfield sites for development. Urban greenspace and brownfield sites can be of equal or greater importance for wildlife and people as some greenbelt sites. We would like to refer you to the Wildlife and Countryside Link guidance on Permission in Principal and Brownfield Registers of land for further information. All sites should be assessed on the same merits regardless of location. Whilst the re-use of brownfield sites is encouraged in the NPPF, Paragraph 111 states that this is only when they do not have high environmental value.
We strongly disagree with the principle of always prioritising brownfield sites for development. Urban greenspace and brownfield sites can be of equal or greater importance for wildlife and people as some greenbelt sites. We would like to refer you to the Wildlife and Countryside Link guidance on Permission in Principal and Brownfield Registers of land for further information. All sites should be assessed on the same merits regardless of location. Whilst the re-use of brownfield sites is encouraged in the NPPF, Paragraph 111 states that this is only when they do not have high environmental value.