Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan
OS4 NATURE CONSERVATION
The nature conservation areas and green corridors identified on the Policies Map (and shown on Map 7 and listed in Appendix 4) will be protected from development likely to cause demonstrable harm to their ecological (habitats and species) value. In these areas, development will not be permitted unless:
- the proposed development would release a site for built development needed to realise a qualitative gain for the local community in pursuance of other physical, social and economic regeneration objectives of the Local Plan, and measures are included for the protection and enhancement of any substantive nature conservation interest that the site may have so that there is no net loss of native species and no net loss of habitat; or
- provision is made for replacement nature conservation interest of equal or greater value elsewhere in the locality.
Outside of the areas identified on the Policies Map, proposals should enhance the nature conservation interest through initiatives such as new green infrastructure and habitats, tree planting and brown and green roofs and protect any significant interest on the site and any nearby nature conservation area, appropriate to the scale and nature of the development.
Planning conditions will be imposed, or planning obligations sought to ensure the maintenance and enhancement of nature conservation areas where these are affected by development proposals.
For more information please see the Local Plan