Object
Draft Black Country Plan
Representation ID: 44829
Received: 11/10/2021
Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
SAH226 Land to north of Painswick Close Sub Station
WTBBC have concluded that the Site Assessment process should not have selected site:
• The site is a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (SLINC). The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that Local Plans should safeguard components of local wildlife-rich habitats and wider ecological networks, including locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity. WTBBC therefore object to the allocation on this basis.
• High ecological connectivity value (Draft BC Local Nature Recovery Strategy). Site forms part of an important ecological corridor linking Sandwell Valley to the Walsall green belt.