Support

Representation ID: 21328

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Justification 10.10
Support: WTBBC support the recognition of the important role the Black Country can play in helping species migrate and adapt to climate change as their existing habitats are rendered unsuitable, and that it is very important to increase the ability of landscapes and their ecosystems to adapt in response to changes in the climate by increasing the range, extent, and connectivity of habitats. Furthermore, WTBBC support reference to the emerging Black Country Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and the assertion that species dispersal will be aided whilst fragmentation and weakening of wildlife sites and wildlife corridors by development will be opposed.
10.11
Support: WTBBC support the BCA’s commitment to meeting their “Biodiversity Duty” under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act (2006) and to delivering the principles of the NPPF by proactively protecting, restoring and creating a richer and more sustainable wildlife and geology.

10.12
Support: WTBBC support the BCA’s commitment to partnerships’ work to identify, map, and regularly review the priorities for protection and improvement throughout the Black Country, in accordance with the emerging Black Country Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and that this will be used to inform planning decisions.

Comment: WTBBC request that the Birmingham and Black Country Local Nature Partnership is added to the list of partnerships in paragraph 10.12.