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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 3: Where, if anywhere, do you think could be an appropriate location for wind turbine(s) to be sited in the District?
Representation ID: 23695
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Page 23
No preference provided there is no adverse effect on ecology.
Ecology
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Page 23
No preference provided there is no adverse effect on ecology.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 4: What opportunities do you think there are to encourage biomass/wood fuel from local sources and how should these be reflected in planning policy?
Representation ID: 23696
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Page 23
There should be policies for the sustainable management of woodlands to benefit local industries such as those related with biomass/fuel. Such policies should seek to provide multiple benefits of woodland management, e.g. planting on a catchment basis to help address issues of flooding/water management, increasing local skills and employment opportunities, enhancing biodiversity, encouraging local sources of building materials etc.
Ecology
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Page 23
There should be policies for the sustainable management of woodlands to benefit local industries such as those related with biomass/fuel. Such policies should seek to provide multiple benefits of woodland management, e.g. planting on a catchment basis to help address issues of flooding/water management, increasing local skills and employment opportunities, enhancing biodiversity, encouraging local sources of building materials etc.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 7: Do you agree with the policy approach to equestrian developments and the proposed policy wording?
Representation ID: 23697
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
COMMUNITIES Page 29
The need to have regard to the ecological impacts of equestrian developments should be incorporated into the policy wording.
Ecology
COMMUNITIES Page 29
The need to have regard to the ecological impacts of equestrian developments should be incorporated into the policy wording.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 13: Do you agree with the proposed policy approach to extensions to residential gardens and the proposed policy wording? If not, what changes would you wish to see?
Representation ID: 23698
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 14: Do you agree with the policy approach to extensions, annexes, alterations and outbuildings and the wording of the respective policies? If not, what changes would you wish to see?
Representation ID: 23699
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 15: Do you agree with the policy approaches to boundary treatments and drives and accesses and to the wording of the proposed cies? If not, what changes would you wish to see?
Representation ID: 23700
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
Ecology
HOUSING Page 35
Yes.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 18: Do you agree with the policy approaches to maintaining landscape character and the High Weald AONB and to the respective proposed policy wordings?
Representation ID: 23701
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
ENVIRONMENT Page 79
-Landscape character and High Weald AONB
Yes.
Ecology
ENVIRONMENT Page 79
-Landscape character and High Weald AONB
Yes.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 19: Do you agree with the proposed definition of the Strategic Gaps, and the policy applying to them? If not, what changes would you wish to see?
Representation ID: 23702
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
ENVIRONMENT Page 79
-Strategic gaps
Yes.
Ecology
ENVIRONMENT Page 79
-Strategic gaps
Yes.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 20: Do you agree with the policy approach to supporting biodiversity and green space and to the proposed policy wording?
Representation ID: 23703
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
Reference should be made to Habitats and Species of Principal Importance and the policy should include protection of biodiversity outside designated sites.
In line with Defra guidance SNCIs are now referred to as Local Wildlife Sites (LWS). RIGGS are now referred to as Local Geological Sites (LGS).
ESCC should be added as a source of reference for LWS.
Where there are references to BAP habitats/species, text should include reference to Habitats and Species of Principal Importance.
Para 10.52-Ecological assessments/reports should be carried out in accordance with best practice guidance.
*Para 10.52-Ecological surveys and mitigation/compensation measures may be seasonally restricted.
Ecology
-Biodiversity and green space
Broadly, yes, but reference should be made to Habitats and Species of Principal Importance under Section 41 of the NERC Act, and the policy should also allow for the protection of biodiversity (notable species and habitats) that occurs outside designated sites.
Additional comments:
* In line with Defra guidance, and to ensure consistency across Sussex, Sites of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCIs) should now be referred to as Local Wildlife Sites (LWS). Similarly, Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGGS) should now be referred to as Local Geological Sites (LGS).
* ESCC should be added as a source of reference for LWS (Table in para 10.50).
* Where the policy and accompanying text refers to BAP habitats and species, the text should include reference to Habitats and Species of Principal Importance as listed under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 (which draws upon the UK BAP and therefore includes the same species).
* Para 10.52. Ecological assessments and reports carried out for developments should be carried out in accordance with best practice guidance (CIEEM Technical Guidance on Ecological Impact Assessments and Report Writing) and BS 42020:2013 Biodiversity - code of practice for planning and development.
* Para 10.52. It is important to note that ecological surveys and mitigation/compensation measures may be seasonally restricted. The time required to carry out appropriate mitigation/compensation prior to the commencement of development should also be programmed in.
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Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options
QUESTION 21: Do you agree with the policy approach to sustainable drainage and the proposed policy wording?
Representation ID: 23704
Received: 20/02/2017
Respondent: East Sussex County Council
Ecology
-Sustainable drainage
Yes.
Ecology
-Sustainable drainage
Yes.
