Appropriate Assessment
About the Appropriate Assessment
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About the Appropriate Assessment
The purpose of the Appropriate Assessment is to aid the Council in it's responsibilities with regard to the Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (EC Habitats Directive) and Conservation (Natural Habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended). The aim of these regulations is to protect the habitats and species listed in Annex I and II of the Directive from adverse development.
Further information about the EC Habitats Directive can be found on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee website at: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1374
In response to the Directives the Council employed Atkins Ltd to carry out an Approriate Assessment of the emerging Core Strategy on any Natura 2000 sites that could be aggected directly or indirectly by the strategy. Consultation
The Council is currently inviting comments on the Appropriate Assessment June 2007. The consultation period will run concurrently with that of the Core Strategy Preferrd Options commencing on the 25th June and ending on the 3rd August 2007.
The document is in two parts and these can be viewed using the links below:
Appropriate Assessment June 2007 (994 KB PDF file)
Appropriate Assessment Appendices June 2007 (210KB PDF file)
You will need Adobe Acrobat Viewer to view these documents, this can be downloaded from the Downloads page.)
Comments should be submitted in writing to the addresses below, to be received by 5pm on the 3rd August 2007.
Email: ldf@nelincs.gov.uk
Post: marked For the Attention of: Diane Wheeler, to:
Spatial Futures and Intelligence
Environmental Services
North East Lincolnshire Council
Origin Two
2 Origin Way
Grimsby
DN37 9TZ
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