Introduction

Comment

Representation ID: 30532

Received: 12/01/2018

Respondent: Barton PC, Thrumpton PM, Lark Hill RA, Clifton Village RA, SAVE

There is no reference to ecosystem services under 'Natural Environment and Biodiversity' See UK National Ecosystem Assessment and the NPPF in relation to this topic.

This chapter should be an objective statement about base-line conditions/trends but is actually too often an interpretation of the situation (see full representation for detail).

Landscape character should be protected when the existing landscape is important for biodiversity and is locally significant for its contribution to the overall history of an area and is valued for its tranquillity.