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Landscape

Paragraph 172 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) highlights the need to protect
and enhance valued landscapes through the planning system. Your plan may present
opportunities to protect and enhance locally valued landscapes. You may want to consider
identifying distinctive local landscape features or characteristics such as ponds, woodland or dry
stone walls and think about how any new development proposals can respect and enhance local
landscape character and distinctiveness.

If you are proposing development within or close to a protected landscape (National Park or Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty) or other sensitive location, we recommend that you carry out a
landscape assessment of the proposal. Landscape assessments can help you to choose the
most appropriate sites for development and help to avoid or minimise impacts of development on
the landscape through careful siting, design and landscaping.

Wildlife habitats

Some proposals can have adverse impacts on designated wildlife sites or other priority habitats
(listed here9), such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest or Ancient woodland10. If there are likely to be any
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Priority and protected species and habitat

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protected species. Natural England has produced advice here12 to help understand the impact of
particular developments on protected species. Consideration should also be given to the potential
environmental value of brownfield sites, often found in urban areas and former industrial land,
further information including links to the open mosaic habitats inventory can be found here.

Ancient woodland and veteran trees-link to standing advice

You should consider any impacts on ancient woodland and veteran trees in line with paragraph
175 of the NPPF. Natural England maintains the Ancient Woodland Inventory which can help
identify ancient woodland. Natural England and the Forest Commission have produced standing
advice for planning authorities in relation to ancient woodland and veteran trees. It should be
taken into account by planning authorities when determining relevant planning applications.
Natural England will only provide bespoke advice on ancient woodland/veteran trees where they
form part of a SSSI or in exceptional circumstances

Biodiversity net gain

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