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Representation ID: 1048

Received: 08/02/2022

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

- P50: Policy could also consider well-designed tree and woodland planting in the Green Belt & open countryside where it fits local landscape character guidelines. Some areas close to the conurbation could make a significant contribution to settlement character. The Spatial Strategy could include an innovative Green Infrastructure policy to be considered hand-in-hand with site selection options on a strategic level, reflecting overarching issue of climate change, habitat loss and replacement. Precedents include multifunctional approach taken to Forest of Mercia and National Forest. Large scale woodland creation could be delivered on historic designed parklands throughout South Staffordshire.