Object

Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 14871

Received: 10/12/2020

Respondent: Solihull Tree Wardens

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

Objects to Policy P9;
Policy P9 (Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change) is unsound because it is ineffective and inconsistent with national policies concerning climate change. In particular, the zero-net-carbon commitment set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 and the ambitions of the Council's Climate Change Emergency Declaration (8 October 2019) cannot be achieved without closer integration of development policies with a strategy for the Borough's trees

Tree's make a valuable contribution to many environmental objectives - Require a clear tree strategy.

Change suggested by respondent:

To include some of the benefits of trees, section 2 preamble, "to reduce carbon
emissions" should be replaced with "to reduce and mitigate carbon emissions".
To specify trees as a mitigation strategy, new subsection 2 (v) should be added to
section 2:
"All developments shall contribute to the meeting of the Tree Canopy Cover target
appropriate for the location, assessed by a standardised methodology"

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