Comment

Representation ID: 19068

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Comment: It is WTBBC’s view that a paragraph should be added that highlights the Draft Local Nature Recovery Opportunity Map (Appendix 18 of the BCP). The Opportunity Map identifies the importance of the green belt in the ecological network of the Black Country, and allocates all of this to Core Landscapes. The Draft Black Country Local Nature Recovery Strategy (WTBBC and EcoRecord 2021) identifies the key habitats and species in each Core Landscape and prescribes focus actions and measures which seek to enhance and increase the biodiversity value of the green belt.