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Housing Growth Consultation – Consultation Responses Site 1 Housing Growth Consultation – Consultation Responses Site 1 – Foxlydiate (Area 4) - OBJECTION KEY ISSUE: Biodiversity/ Natural Environment Sub Issues Officer response Habitats for flora and fauna will be destroyed and would be damaging Before development commences and an application is approved a to rare breeds i.e. natterer and pipistrelle bats, avocets, great crested habitats survey and protected species survey will be completed to the newts, orchids, skylarks, mallards, appropriate standards, in accordance with relevant legislation. This badgers, pheasants, honey buzzards, common buzzards, swallows, will inform the master planning of the site in order to maximise green woodpeckers, greater spotted woodpeckers, goldfinches, opportunities for biodiversity and recreation and mitigate the effects of nuthatches, cuckoos, starlings, fieldfares, barn owls, sparrowhawks, development on biodiversity such as planting to encourage natural Dormice, grass snakes, hares, rabbits, Curlews, Chiff Chaffs, foraging, artificial bat roosts etc kestrels, Meadow Pipits, partridge, redwings, Partridges, Plain White Doves, Bullfinches, swallows, herons, hares, water voles, shrews, trout, butterflies, Osprey, Goldcrests, Little Owls, Tree Creepers, Kestrels, Swifts, Jays, House Martins, Swallows, Skylarks, Sedge Warblers, Great Tits, Whitethroats, Willow Warblers, Long Eared Owls, Scandinavian Redwings, Robins, Fieldfare Red Kites, Egrets, Long Tailed Tits, Quail, Oyster Catchers, Blue Tits, Wood Warblers, Yellowhammers, honey bees, Nuthatch, moths, deer and otters (EU directive (Annexe IV) council directive 92/43/EEC on conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna). Area 4 is an important wildlife corridor between neighbouring copses/woods which if lost would leave isolated pockets of unsustainable wildlife. Biodiversity sightings – photographic evidence submitted by E Morris and saved on Joint Shared Drive Birdlife will be affected with the removal of hedgerows The aim of the policy is to maximise opportunities for biodiversity, with an overall strategy and management plan for Green Infrastructure. This should include a hedgerow assessment, determining which hedgerows are worthy of retention and protection. 1 Sub Issues Officer response The imposition of large amounts of street and house lighting, the Planning Conditions assigned to planning applications can minimise disturbance and noise of cars etc. Low level lighting must be installed impact during the construction phase. There will be an imposition but to reduce energy consumption and light pollution. design of development informed by a habitats survey can mitigate against long term impacts. Foxes will be forced into houses spreading disease or injury to the This is not an issue that determines if this location is better/ worse public than another. Following lane widening to accommodate increased traffic flows, Specific road layouts are not known yet, detailed analysis will be further widening would be required to accommodate new ditches, completed, however a hedgerow assessment should determine which which would impact on the native hedges and would hedgerows are worthy of protection and retention. It is inevitable given change the rural character of the area the scale of development that the rural character of the area will change It is stated that sites will have a “Strategy and Management Plan for It is essential that houses are delivered to meet Redditch need green infrastructure which maximises opportunities for biodiversity alongside this it is important to incorporate the existing natural and recreation.” How can building 2800 houses maximise biodiversity environment as much as practicable. In order to achieve this a and recreation, if you want to “maximise” it don’t build in the first suitable strategy must be in place. place. Development will result in the loss of important trees An ecological assessment will need to be completed which includes tree and hedgerow analysis, this would need to be submitted as part of any planning application. The protection of trees will be dealt with through the application process and any removal of trees to enable development will be kept to a minimum. Cannot “protect…the distinctive character…natural and historic NPPF guides local planning authorities to meet their objectively environment” if undulating ridge and furrow fields developed and assessed housing needs. 20 different sites were considered around TPO hedges/trees removed the periphery of Redditch. After detailed analysis it was considered that sites 1 and 2 were the most sustainable, could more successfully integrate into the built form of Redditch and cause least harm to the Green Belt. The protection of trees will be dealt with through the application process and any removal of trees to enable development will be kept to a minimum. Threats to destroy a large tract of beautiful and valuable countryside It is not possible for one element of development to fully meet all 13 in complete conflict with Objective 9 Objectives, the development plan aims to balance the 13 objectives overall. 20 different sites were considered around the periphery of Redditch. After detailed analysis it was considered that sites 1 and 2 were the most sustainable, could more successfully integrate into the 2 Sub Issues Officer response built form of Redditch and cause least harm to the Green Belt. When developing at the density required to provide the housing will The HGDS paragraph 3.45 states, “A density of 30 dwellings per not be possible to show any significant sensitivity to the valuable hectare (dph) was used to calculate area capacities. The majority of natural habitats that we know exist within the area existing development in Bromsgrove and Redditch is relatively low density and therefore at this density it is possible to provide a realistic figure with a proportion of areas likely to exceed 30 dph. Using the figure of 30 dph ensures that housing potential is not overestimated and as a result the combined total of developable areas can be viewed as a minimum.” The extent of Site 1 has a greater capacity than required for 2800 dwellings; this is to allow for natural habitats and green infrastructure to be an integral part of the scheme. Bow brook identified by Environment Agency as failing to meet “good It is not for any new development to rectify any existing problems as ecological status” as required by the Water Framework Directive. long as it does not exacerbate them. A habitats survey and protected species survey will be completed to the appropriate standards, in accordance with relevant legislation. Any application for development will be dealt with in consultation with the Environment Agency. The “Norgrove” section of Swans Brook that goes as far as the Ford It is not clear where this quotation is taken from, the Worcestershire on Pumphouse Lane is an “Area of Wildlife that is of County Interest”. Biodiversity Partnership Rivers and Streams Action Plan makes The section of Swans Brook that leads from the Ford to the Pumping reference to improvements along Bow Brook and other watercourses Station at Curr Lane and beyond, should also be considered a site of but does not refer to Swans Brook. equal “County Interest”. It is a watercourse worthy of protection and enhancement As the more recent survey has revealed higher grading in the Although the Government does encourage food production the NPPF Foxlydiate area, than the original pre-1988 survey, Redditch and guides local planning authorities to meet their objectively assessed Bromsgrove Planning should confirm the current grading quality of housing needs. It is considered that the quality of agricultural land is a Area 4 before considering as potential building land minor constraint to development. Emphasise the importance of the Swans Brook LWS and anticipate The extent of Site 1 has a greater capacity than required for 2800 that upstream sections of the brook (which fall within this site) and dwellings; this is to allow for natural habitats and green infrastructure additional smaller watercourses which feed into it will need the same to be an integral part of the scheme. An ecological survey will be degree of protection and buffering as the LWS. The housing numbers completed to the appropriate standards, in accordance with relevant proposed (2870) may need to be reduced in light of further detailed legislation as part of any planning application. evidence 3 Sub Issues Officer response Proposed Growth Option 1 (Areas 1, 2 and 3) has overall, the fewest An ecological survey will be completed to the appropriate standards, potential ecological constraints to development, whilst areas to the in accordance with relevant legislation as part of any planning north-east of the A448 and west of the A441, potentially have the application. most. No over-riding ecological constraints have been identified from the Noted, an ecological survey will be completed to the appropriate initial survey work and evidence reviewed to date. standards, in accordance with relevant legislation as part of any planning application. Development affords significant opportunities for improving Agreed, the policy is aiming to ensure that where there may be losses biodiversity through change of land use and incorporation of to biodiversity that there are opportunities taken for mitigation against ecological enhancements, which will accord with national and local that loss and improvements elsewhere around the site. planning objectives and aims of the UK and Worcestershire
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