Comment

Representation ID: 18982

Received: 26/02/2007

Respondent: Natural England

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI):

Sites which have been notified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are the country's very best wildlife and geological sites. Notification as a SSSI gives legal protection to the best sites for flora, fauna, geological or physiographic features in England. Natural England now has responsibility for identifying and protecting the SSSIs in England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 and the Natural Environment and Rural Communities 2006 ).