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Representation ID: 2739

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Sussex Wildlife Trust

SWT does not believe this policy is ambitious enough in terms of the enhancements to biodiversity and green infrastructure that need to be delivered in order to ensure that the development is truly sustainable. All the other requirements in the policy, for example in relation to views and road access are written as 'absolute musts' whereas criteria for green infrastructure reads as a much softer 'nice to have'. This is not acceptable in terms of the NPPF, in particular the requirement to safeguard components of ecological networks (174) and conserve and enhance the natural environment, including green infrastructure (20).