Object

Representation ID: 19207

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

3.77b
Object: Woodland planting should be removed and replaced with habitat creation appropriate to the location as defined in the Draft Black Country Local Nature Recovery Strategy (WTBBC and EcoRecord 2021). The planting of trees and woodland may not be the most ecologically appropriate form of habitat creation, and any habitat enhancements should be informed by the Priority habitats selected as focus actions in the Draft LNRS. Furthermore, the inclusion of tree planting here is likely to influence masterplanners and developers to propose this as habitat loss mitigation whereas they should be directed by the evidence provided in the Draft LNRS.