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APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENTAny plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of a European site (as defined by Regulation 10 of the Habitats Regs 1994) but likely to have a significant effect thereon, either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, shall be subject to appropriate assessment of its implications for the site in view of the site’s conservation objectives (regulation 48 UK Habitat Regulations 1994 as amended by the 2006 Regulations)(Article 6(3) of the European Habitats Directive) Ecological AppraisalAn ecological appraisal must accompany any planning application for development that could potentially have a detrimental impact, either directly or indirectly, on: any designated conservation site (international, national or local); a locally significant area of national and/or local priority habitat; or a protected or priority species (Policy NCB2, Nature Conservation and Biodiversity SPD) REFERENCES (BIO-DIVERSITY)CABE (2009) Hallmarks of a Sustainable City. ODPM (February 2005) Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development Salford City Council (2009) City of Salford Unitary Development Plan 2004-2016 – Policies saved beyond 21 June 2009 City of Salford (2006) Nature Conservation and Biodiversity SPD UK Government (1994) The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations (as amended by the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (Habitats Regulations) DEFRA (2011) Biodiversity 2020 - A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services EC Council (1998) Communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the Parliament on a European Community Biodiversity Strategy EC Council (1992) EC Council Directive on the Conservation of Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora 92/43/EEC EC Council (1979) EC Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds 79/409/EEC GONW (2008) North West of England Plan – Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 Greater Manchester Biodiversity Project (2003) Greater Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan ODPM (2005) Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation UN (1992) Rio Declaration on Environment and Development DEFRA (2007) Guidance for Local Authorities on Implementing the Biodiversity Duty LAND AND SOILGREENFIELD/BROWNFIELDDevelopment Plan Policies should seek to minimise the need to consume new resources over the lifetime of the development by making more efficient use or re-use of existing resources, rather than making new demands on the environment (PPS1 para 22). Planning should actively seek to bring vacant and underused previously developed land and buildings back into beneficial use to achieve the targets government has set for development on previously developed land (PPS1, pg 12 (viii)) Deliver a better environment with 60% of new housing on previously developed land or through conversions of existing buildings by 2008, and 17% of underused land reclaimed by 2010 (Urban White Paper para 7.28) LDDs have a positive role to play in steering development onto appropriate previously developed land, some of which may be affected by contamination, and to protect greenfield land from avoidable development (PPS23, para 21). CONTAMINATED LANDContamination is not restricted to land with previous industrial uses, it can occur on greenfield as well as previously developed land and it can arise from natural sources as well as from human activities (PPS23, pg 1). Any consideration of the quality of land, air or water and potential impacts arising from development, possibly leading to an impact on health, is capable of being a material planning consideration, in so far as it arises or may arise from any land use (PPS23, para 8). Our health and well-being are inextricably linked to the quality of our air, water, soils and biological resources (Securing the Future p.97) DERELICT LANDNatural Resource Protection and Environmental Enhancement - need better understanding of environmental limits, environmental enhancement and recovery where the environment is most degraded to ensure a decent environment for everyone, and a more integrated policy framework (Securing the future: The UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy, Page 17) The continued development of brownfield land is a key factor in preventing dereliction and abandonment. In addition to this, leaving buildings and land derelict has a detrimental affect in attracting investment into an area (Brownfield Research Summary, pg 6) The Forest Partnership will encourage the regeneration of derelict or contaminated land for forest purposes. (Red Rose Forest Supplementary Review 2000, Policy SDR.1) On under-used or derelict land outside the green belt, there is a need for interim management that will not threaten its development potential, but will remove degradation. (Red Rose Forest Plan, Para.7.6) Tree planting and woodland creation schemes are ideal for much of the derelict land identified in the Forest area, and will be a very important target for Forest development. (Red Rose Forest, Para.7.18) Historically, general industrial dereliction appears to have represented the major source of derelict land across the sub region; although local authorities across the conurbation also encounter problems around former railway land, spoil heaps, quarrying, mining, and other sources of dereliction (Greater Manchester Derelict Land Strategy, 2002) Download 1.19 Mb. Share with your friends:
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