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Representation ID: 826

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

This would depend where a new settlement were to be located within a nature recovery network and whether it would enhance it and contribute to biodiversity objectives. A new settlement could provide opportunities to create new habitats and achieve net gain, if located on less environmentally valuable land.

Potential sites should be checked against the NRN map to see whether they fall within critical habitat corridors, and whether this would be an issue, or opportunity, for the network. Appropriate survey of sites for ecological constraints should be carried out before decisions are made as to capacity and suitability for development.