Object

Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Representation ID: 21185

Received: 10/11/2011

Respondent: Natural England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

section 7.77 states "Environmental impacts need to be carefully addressed, such that landscape character is conserved, inappropriate fragmentation of the countryside avoided, important trees, woodlands and hedgerows retained, and where appropriate, supplemented by new landscaping, and wildlife habitats protected and encouraged."
But the subsequent policy OSS5: General Development Considerations does not incorporate this. Natural England would like to see this in policy wording.

Full text:

Section 7.77 states "Environmental impacts need to be carefully addressed, such that landscape character is conserved, inappropriate fragmentation of the countryside avoided, important trees, woodlands and hedgerows retained, and where appropriate, supplemented by new landscaping, and wildlife habitats protected and encouraged."
But the subsequent policy OSS5: General Development Considerations does not incorporate this. Natural England would like to see this in policy wording.