Comment

Representation ID: 23241

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Member of Parliament

The importance of Green Belt and Green Open Spaces came to the fore at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when people being allowed to go out for exercise for one hour per day supported personal health and wellbeing. Whilst none of us will wish to go back into such stringent lockdown arrangements ever again it did open our eyes to the importance of open spaces and the natural beauty of the environment which exists around us. Another point overlooked in the current Plan is that of the wider environment and the impact of this Plan on woodland, hedges, natural habitats and the loss of valuable far land currently used for food production.