Object
Draft Regulation 18 Sandwell Local Plan
Representation ID: 651
Received: 22/11/2023
Respondent: Friends of Sheepwash Local Nature Reserve
Fundamentally object to BNG. You cannot allow destruction of habitat under the fake guise of "creating" it somewhere else. This is a phoney policy and one created for shilling for developers to usurp green space. It is a fraud to pretend they are then enhancing it somewhere else when this process will be manmade and interfere what is already there.
Sandwell should have no desire to protect fens pool nature reserve. That site has been mismanaged by Dudley council and the CRT for years through anglers destroying the site.
Fundamentally object to BNG. You cannot allow destruction of habitat under the fake guise of "creating" it somewhere else. This is a phoney policy and one created for shilling for developers to usurp green space. It is a fraud to pretend they are then enhancing it somewhere else when this process will be manmade and interfere what is already there.
Sandwell should have no desire to protect fens pool nature reserve. That site has been mismanaged by Dudley council and the CRT for years through anglers destroying the site.
Comment
Draft Regulation 18 Sandwell Local Plan
Representation ID: 664
Received: 07/12/2023
Respondent: Mrs Sara Lovell
Agent: Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust
Section 4.21: Suggest revising the third paragraph for clarity. Sealed surfaces don't provide any BNG units, true, but this paragraph reads like a site with sealed surfaces is exempt from BNG requirement (which isn't the case).
Sections 4.27 & 4.28: Sensitive lighting plans can't be included with optional enhancement measures (like insect hotels, hedgehog gates). They are often a mitigation measure to ensure important linear habitats for bats are retained post- development. This could should be taken out of this list.
Section 4.21: Suggest revising the third paragraph for clarity. Sealed surfaces don't provide any BNG units, true, but this paragraph reads like a site with sealed surfaces is exempt from BNG requirement (which isn't the case).
Sections 4.27 & 4.28: Sensitive lighting plans can't be included with optional enhancement measures (like insect hotels, hedgehog gates). They are often a mitigation measure to ensure important linear habitats for bats are retained post- development. This could should be taken out of this list.