Biodiversity assessment
This is required if the site is:
- in or next to a national habitat site
- within 8 metres of a watercourse or within the corridor of a watercourse
- known or likely to contain protected species or habitats
Read the requirements in:
- our Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2019 (Policy ID4)
- our Local Plan 2003 (Policy NE4)
- the National Planning Policy Framework 2019 (paras 174, 175, 176)
- the National Planning Policy Guidance Circular (06/2005)