Comment

Representation ID: 18523

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Green belt
Comment: WTBBC support the recognition of the valuable contribution that surrounding countryside and the network of green wedges and corridors provides the Black Country. WTBBC do not support the use of ‘where practical and possible’ in reference to the landscape, nature conservation and agricultural land being protected and enhanced. This caveat allows for the redrawing of green belt boundaries as proposed elsewhere in the plan, but its use here weakens the BCA’s assertion that the green belt and the network of green wedges and corridors is valued for the benefits it provides the Black Country.