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Representation ID: 23427

Received: 15/02/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates

Agent: Barton Willmore

9.1 Policy ENV1 (Nature Conservation) emphasises that development within the Black Country will safeguard nature conservation by ensuring that locally designated nature conservation sites (Sites of Local Importance for Nature Conservation), important habitats and geological features are protected from development proposals that could negatively affect them. The Black Country Authorities have undertaken ecological surveys and Local Sites Assessment Reports for the strategic allocations, including Yieldfields. In addition, Aspect Ecology undertook an ecological survey of Yieldfields in 2019 (included at Appendix 6) and have undertaken a high-level review of the Local Sites Assessment survey. It should be noted that the Local Sites Assessment survey was undertaken just four months following the Aspect Ecology survey in 2019 and covers the southern-most part of the red line boundary surveyed by Aspect Ecology

1.1 Therefore, L&Q Estates are supportive of Policy ENV1 and consider that locally designated nature conservation sites and important habitats can be protected from the development proposals for Yieldfields, in accordance with the policy.