Policy information sourced from the Bracknell Forest Local Plan 2024-2037 document.
LP 31: Designated Nature Conservation and Geological Sites.
Any planning application affecting a designated nature conservation or geological site must ensure that these sites are safeguarded and enhanced having regard to the national or local status and designation of the site as set out below.
Development proposals on or affecting:
- internationally designated habitats sites, including candidate sites, will not be permitted unless it can be clearly demonstrated through a Habitats Regulations Assessment that there will be no significant adverse effect on their integrity. Developers will be required to provide all information that the Council may reasonably require for the purpose of the assessment. For larger residential developments this may include an assessment of the likely significant air quality effects on habitats sites. Applications for non-residential development will be dealt with on a case by case basis;
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest, will not normally be permitted and will be dealt with in accordance with national planning policy;
- locally designated sites will not normally be permitted unless the need for the development clearly outweighs the harm to the nature conservation value or geological value of the site. Such developments will be considered on a case by case basis.
Effective avoidance, mitigation and compensation will be secured through the imposition of planning conditions or planning obligations as appropriate, including monitoring of the effectiveness of these measures.
For more information, please visit Bracknell Forest’s Local Plan document here.