Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1404
Received: 08/07/2008
To comply with the PPS9 requirement to enhance wherever possible, Natural England recommends that a policy is put into place requiring all development within the District to incorporate measures to protect & enhance biodiversity. These measures should represent a significant benefit in terms of nature conservation. Some examples are -
*green roof
*bat boxes & bricks in appropriate locations, bird boxes & appropriate hedgerow & tree planing where these are absent from the development area
*landscaping of local provenance in new developments
*creation of ponds in small water bodies as long as they are not at the expense of existing wetlands
*Habitat creation in larger developments particularly to meet the requirements of Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats & species of principal conservation interest (UKsteering group 1994:IDON 2005)
Enhancement should be additional to those measures required to mitigate loss of biodiversity or mitigate for potential impacts upon designated sites of protected species which should be included in all relevant developments as a matter of course.