Comment

Representation ID: 21691

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Comment: WTBBC support the inclusion of features (both natural and made-made) which contribute to local distinctive character of the Black Country’s open spaces and surviving rural landscapes. WTBBC are of the view that the policy could be further strengthened by the inclusion of other habitat features beyond those currently included (e.g. hedgerows, holloways, banks, ditches, field systems, ridge and furrow, areas of open space, woodland and watercourses) to include other habitats and features of historic origin that are a valuable contributor to distinctive character. These should include heathland, permanent grassland (pastures and meadows), colliery spoil tips, furnace slag and historic quarries.