GI5 7b.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 6482
Received: 07/11/2017
Respondent: Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
This should be modified. To be able to do this, a mapping exercise should identify 'strategic biodiversity networks and corridors'. This would be compliant with the NPPF, paragraph 117 of the NPPF states that 'To minimise impacts on biodiversity and geodiversity, planning policies should: ● identify and map components of the local ecological networks, including the hierarchy of international, national and locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity, wildlife corridors and stepping stones that connect them and areas identified by local partnerships for habitat restoration or creation'.
This should be modified. To be able to do this, a mapping exercise should identify 'strategic biodiversity networks and corridors'. This would be compliant with the NPPF, paragraph 117 of the NPPF states that 'To minimise impacts on biodiversity and geodiversity, planning policies should: ● identify and map components of the local ecological networks, including the hierarchy of international, national and locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity, wildlife corridors and stepping stones that connect them and areas identified by local partnerships for habitat restoration or creation'.