Comment

Representation ID: 1586

Received: 31/10/2023

Respondent: RSPB England

Urban regeneration also brings opportunities to improve biodiversity. These could include mandatory swift bricks for all new buildings of two storeys or higher (apart from rare exceptions), SUDS pond/drainage schemes, native and locally-sourced planting or natural regeneration where appropriate, allowing less managed areas in places with paths through and edges trimmed to show they are deliberate, planning around green spaces, connecting through green corridors, limiting light pollution, and making these aims clear in policy wording. The importance of wildlife and green spaces to human wellbeing should be recognised and also that some brownfield sites can be biodiverse.