Sevenoaks District Draft Local Plan Consultation July 2018
List Comments
11 comments.
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| Natural England (Natural Engla… | 19 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Policy 5 Ashdown Forest
Natural England has no specific comments to raise with this policy. To be clear on the decision making
process, you may wish to consider stating that any proposals considered likely to have a significant
adverse effect on the Ashdown Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) will not normally be permitted.
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| Natural England (Natural Engla… | 19 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)
Natural England concurs with the conclusions drawn in the HRA, which state that no adverse effect
on integrity of Ashdown Forest is expected to result from development provided by the Sevenoaks
Local Plan, even in combination with other plans and projects. However, we note that the wording of
the HRA appears to confuse the terms 'likely significant effect' and 'adverse effect on integrity'. The
conclusions refer to likely significant effects, although adver
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| Halstead Parish Council (Louis… | 19 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Halstead Parish Council have no comment on this policy
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| Chevening Parish Council (Judi… | 11 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Chevening Parish Council has no comment
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| Gravesham Borough Council (Pla… | 10 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Policy 5. Given that tariff rates may change over time, the amount should either be
included in the explanatory text or a proviso included in the policy to allow for future
changes in the tariff rates.
24 Policies should not include hyper-links to other documents, as in Policy 5, as those
links themselves do not constitute policy. The link should be included in the
explanatory text.
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| Graham Simpkin Planning (Graha… | 07 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
On behalf of Andrew Tickle
As a result of recent European Court of Justice cases, it will not necessarily be appropriate to consider the
mitigation (contribution to SAMMs) at the Habitats Regulations stage. It is also worthy of note that the
Council will also need to consider whether the amount and location of development is likely to have
implications for cumulative air quality assessments and projections at Ashdown Forest. The council should
seek advice, but it is likely that most develop
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| Knockholt Parish Council (Zoe… | 06 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
KPC have no comments on this policy
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| West Kingsdown Parish Council… | 04 Sep 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
Does not apply to West Kingsdown
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| Theresa Durrant ID-6142 | 29 Aug 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
I agree with this policy in principle and believe any new developments should enhance and not damage or detrimentally affect biodiversity and wildlife. However, as with any policy it comes down to a robust and evidence based development process with clearly defined enforcement protocols to ensure that obligations by developers are being met.
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| Otford Parish Council (Nick Ru… | 28 Aug 2018 | Draft Local Plan July 2018 Safeguarding places for Wildlife and Nature Ashdown Forest Policy 5 - Ashdown Forest
While we recognise that this is not a matter for Otford, we support the policy.
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