Object
Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report
Representation ID: 217
Received: 07/09/2017
Respondent: Birmingham and the Black Country Wildlife Trust
Whilst the policy is strong in its rhetoric, it states that development that reduces open space will be resisted and that increases will be encouraged. These are unquantified statements that are unlikely to provide a deterrent or incentive to developers. We suggest the use of a quantifiable measure of the importance of particular areas of open space such as that outlines in the LNP Programme of Action.
Whilst the policy is strong in its rhetoric, it states that development that reduces open space will be resisted and that increases will be encouraged. These are unquantified statements that are unlikely to provide a deterrent or incentive to developers. We suggest the use of a quantifiable measure of the importance of particular areas of open space such as that outlines in the LNP Programme of Action.