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Representation ID: 830

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

The impacts to biodiversity are not currently known. It is not clear that all important wildlife habitats have been identified for avoidance, that 10% BNG would be achieveable, or that sites are appropriate in terms of protecting or enhancing key habitat corridors. It is not clear whether the green infrastructure allocations are sufficient to address any deficits in accessible natural greenspace or how they would interact with the nature recovery network.
We agree that any strategic allocation site should have its own policy. Sufficient information on ecology constraints and opportunities, is required to enable key assets to be protected.