Object

Representation ID: 418

Received: 08/12/2021

Respondent: Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust

The present document has failed to carry forward the policy protection necessary for the projected restoration of the Hatherton Canal within the South Staffordshire District. LHCRT has continued to work towards that objective, including through consultations on the other relevant Local Authority Plans - Black Country Plan and Cannock Chase District Plan - but it is vital that the South Staffordshire District Plan continues to provide formal route protection as shown in the previous Local Plan. Without that protection the whole project becomes far harder to fund and to deliver.