Policy information sourced from the Puttenham Neighbourhood Plan

P-NE4 - Biodiversity

The parish’s biodiversity, and in particular biodiversity designations and protected species, will be protected and enhanced.

New developmentshould provide ecological enhancements (such as hedgehog highways, bat and bird boxes etc) where possible through incorporating new habitats, wildlife corridors and other biodiversity features. Proposals should facilitate linkages between sites of high biodiversity to establish coherent ecological networks that are more resilient to current and future pressures.

Enhancements should support Biodiversity Opportunity Areas, asidentified by Surrey Nature Partnership. New development must avoid harm to nature conservation interests and will only be allowed where the benefits of a scheme clearly outweigh the harm caused and results in a biodiversity net gain for the parish, where appropriate.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan