Object

Representation ID: 21342

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

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Object: Policy ENV2 refers only to Cannock Chase SAC. Whilst recognising that reference is made in the policy justification that a specific approach may be required in the Publication BCP for Fens Pools SAC and Cannock Extension Canal SAC, WTBBC object to their exclusion from the Drat BCP Policy ENV2. These sites receive the same level of legal recognition and protection as Cannock Chase SAC and therefore the Publication version of ENV2 must provide equal avoidance and mitigation measures for these sites to any adverse impact upon them through development over the plan period.
Object: WTBBC are of the view that avoidance rather than mitigation measures to any adverse impact upon the integrity of Cannock Chase SAC should be pursued in the Black Country. This can be achieved through investment in natural landscapes within the Black Country that provide similar opportunities for leisure and contact with the natural environment to that which is provided by Cannock Chase SAC, thereby encouraging residents of the Black Country to visit these areas as an alternative to Cannock Chase.