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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

We are also very disappointed about the removal of the Wildbelt Policy.
11.1 states 80% of respondents supported the inclusion of a Wildbelt Policy to designate land specifically for nature recovery.
The plan removes the policy, contrary to previous consultation results.
Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are also different from Wildbelt and Wildbelt would actually be for “safeguarding” sites in recovery. LNRS is not a designation, so it is unclear how LNRS alone would safeguard areas for nature. How will the Councils achieve the Environment Acts 30% of land in nature recovery by 2030 and solve the biodiversity and climate emergencies, without allocating actual land for protection and enhancement

The plan also hasn’t produced a detailed Green/Blue infrastructure evidence base that ambitiously allocates land for enhancement , before the housing allocations were made, and doesn’t include a detailed strategic policy looking at opportunities for wider corridors.