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Representation ID: 172

Received: 10/10/2019

Respondent: Mick George

MGL has identified a conflict between SO6 & SO8. Good planning is about the reconciling of competing objectives for land, and a good plan will highlight this and propose appropriate policies to manage the conflict. In Nottinghamshire, where a significant proportion of mineral bearing land is underlain by high quality soils, and where there is a shortage of fill material for restoration, there is a clear potential for conflict between the competing objectives of maximising net biodiversity gain, and one in which the long-term potential of best and most versatile agricultural soils is safeguarded, but this is not evident from the strategic objectives. In cases where there is a conflict, MGL proposes that the plan and the strategic objectives should identify this. Accordingly, MGL suggests a rewording of SO6,
2. The reason for the proposed change is that the text is not justified.