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Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 8562

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Representation Summary:

No. Local Wildlife Sites and potential Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) have been inconsistently considered in decision making. Some potential LWSs have been assessed by the LWS team against the criteria to inform decision making and some have not. Those that have not should be assumed likely to qualify under the precautionary principle until further survey can be undertaken. LWSs should form a significant constraint to development - currently some sites are included for allocation which would destroy one of these sites of country value to nature conservation.

Full text:

No. Local Wildlife Sites and potential Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) have been inconsistently considered in decision making. Some potential LWSs have been assessed by the LWS team against the criteria to inform decision making and some have not. Those that have not should be assumed likely to qualify under the precautionary principle until further survey can be undertaken. LWSs should form a significant constraint to development - currently some sites are included for allocation which would destroy one of these sites of country value to nature conservation.