Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14757
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Mr Ian Williams
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Representation Summary:
The Biodiversity Net Gain section of the Draft Plan (page 97), suggests there is a plan to take some action against reducing biodiversity but it is unclear and ambiguous (NPPF para 16 d) what that will be or how it will be achieved.
Footnote 41 - "The Council will take seriously any attempt to minimise the biodiversity baseline value, such as the removal of trees prior to planning application."
Change suggested by respondent:
The statement needs clarity over what this means and how it is proposed it will be achieved to avoid uncertainty and being unsound. In the absence of this, Footnote 41 should be deleted.
Full text:
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