GI5 7b.

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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

Representation Summary:

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'.

Full text:

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'.