Policy information sourced from Old Windsor neighbourhood plan
OW14: PROTECTION OF NATURAL HABITATS, LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY
Development will not be supported which is likely to:
- Harm any site designated under the Habitats Regulations, or Wildlife and Countryside Act, or species protected by European or National legislation.
- Result in the loss of, or cause unacceptable harm to a habitat or species of principal importance within the meaning of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 unless the principles of avoidance, mitigation or compensation within the plan area are applied including the conservation and provision of a net gain in biodiversity and necessary compensatory measures to protect relevant habitats and species are secured in advance of implementation.
- Cause significant harm to well-established features of the landscape, including mature trees, species-rich hedgerows and ponds particularly in areas of historic landscape integrity.
Where following development a significant loss of trees and/or shrubs occurs, proposals which include appropriate mitigation through re-provision in situ, or elsewhere on the site as appropriate, will be supported, including planting of native tree species with local provenance where such loss is of mature trees.
For more information please see the neighbourhood plan