Post on 17-Dec-2015
Planning applications
• Scrutiny of 21,900 applications
• [SSSIs] & Wildlife sites
• 269 comments or objections
• Extreme pressure on staff
Imminent changes• Climate Change Bill • Marine Bill ?• Planning White Paper ו Regional Government Reform ו Housing, aviation, energy ו Agri-environment Reform ?
Natural Environment & Rural Communities 2006
Every public body must, in exercising
its functions, have regard, so far as is
consistent with the proper exercise of
those functions, to the purpose of
conserving biodiversity.Section 40
What does that mean?
• All departmental policies and activities
• Understanding by all
• Sustained support for initiatives
• Habitat & species protection
• Access to professional expertise
• Reports on BAP targets
Meeting NERC duties
• Local Strategic Partnerships
• Sustainable Community Strategies
• Local Area Agreements
• Local BAPs
Regional habitat opportunity
maps The Wildlife Trusts leading on
the development of a UK network of wildlife corridors
linking biodiversity heartlands
The Wildlife Trust’s Vision forBiodiversity in the Nene Valley
“A valley with naturally functioning interlinked wetlands, rich in wildlife for the enjoyment of everybody”
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