Policy information sourced from the Croydon Local Plan
DM27: Protecting and Enhancing our Biodiversity
To enhance biodiversity across the borough and improve access to nature, development proposals should:
- Incorporate biodiversity on development sites to enhance local flora and fauna and aid pollination locally;
- Incorporate biodiversity within and on buildings in the form of green roofs, green walls or equivalent measures;
- Incorporate productive landscapes in the design and layout of buildings and landscaping of all major developments;
- Have no adverse impact on land with biodiversity or geo-diversity value as designated on the Policies Map; and
- Have no adverse impact on species of animal or plant or their habitat protected under British or European law, highlighted within a local/regional Biodiversity Action Plan, or when the Council is presented with evidence that a protected species would be affected.
For more information please see the Local Plan