15.2.13 to 15.2.15 Community facilities explanation

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Object

Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 6492

Received: 07/11/2017

Respondent: Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

COMMENTING ON SECTION 15.2.14
Please note that amenity grassland should not be included as wildlife habitat or linking habitats. It is part of Green Infrastructure but will not suffice for habitat in habitat connections or habitat connectivity mapping - an exercise that paragraph 117 of the NPPF recommends planning policies should do.

Full text:

COMMENTING ON SECTION 15.2.14
Please note that amenity grassland should not be included as wildlife habitat or linking habitats. It is part of Green Infrastructure but will not suffice for habitat in habitat connections or habitat connectivity mapping - an exercise that paragraph 117 of the NPPF recommends planning policies should do.