Comment

Representation ID: 18496

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Comment: Under the duty to cooperate local authorities are required to cooperate with Local Nature Partnerships (LNPs) and must have regard to their activities when preparing local plans. This requirement is the same as that for Local Enterprise Partnerships. No reference is made in the BCP to the Birmingham and Black Country LNP and no evidence is provided in the Statement of Consultation that the LNP was consulted.
This contrasts to the section Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (1.11 and 1.12) in the BCP, and to the evidence provided in the Statement of Consultation that the LEP was consulted at length.