Support
Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report
Representation ID: 443
Received: 07/09/2017
Respondent: Local Nature Partnership
We welcome an evidence based review of greenbelt function but urge you to extend this across all of the Black Country, not just greenbelt. There is a growing body of evidence that urban greenspace and brownfield sites can be of equal or greater importance for wildlife, geodiversity and people as some greenbelt sites.
In line with guidelines in the NPPF, Planning practice guidance 2016 and Town&Country Planning Regulations 2012, the LNP can advise on conducting such a study. For Garden City aspirations to materialise, brownfield sites should be enhanced for nature conservation and quality of life values.
We welcome an evidence based review of greenbelt function but urge you to extend this across all of the Black Country, not just greenbelt. There is a growing body of evidence that urban greenspace and brownfield sites can be of equal or greater importance for wildlife, geodiversity and people as some greenbelt sites.
In line with guidelines in the NPPF, Planning practice guidance 2016 and Town&Country Planning Regulations 2012, the LNP can advise on conducting such a study. For Garden City aspirations to materialise, brownfield sites should be enhanced for nature conservation and quality of life values.