Policy information sourced from Dacorum Local Plan 2004 Alteration
104 Nature Conservation in River Valleys
The nature conservation interest of wetlands in the river valleys of the Gade, Bulbourne and Ver will be restored, maintained and enhanced by:
- controlling building and engineering works particularly within the flood plain of the rivers where they flow through open land or the countryside;
- safeguarding existing sites of nature conservation value from development pressure;
- supporting initiatives to improve the quality of the water in rivers and canals;
- encouraging wetland habitat creation, especially as a result of appropriate development including low intensity leisure activities;
- encouraging utilities and statutory undertakers to design maintenance and improvement schemes (including those related to the control of water tables) with nature conservation in mind; and
- restoring culverted watercourses to a more natural state and discouraging any new proposals for culverting.
For more information please see the Local Plan