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Our ref: N:\GIS\requests\planning applications\aberdeenshire\20210411\Buchan\ APP_2021_0705 Aberdeenshire Council NESBReC Aberdeenshire Council Development Management Woodhill House Westburn Road Aberdeen AB16 5GB Tel: 01467 537221 13 April 2021 [email protected] Dear Planning Officer NESBReC report: Planning Reference APP/2021/0705 NESBReC has provided this report based on the biological data that it holds in the NESBReC database. However, NESBReC is solely the provider of data and cannot advise on individual planning applications. If you wish to comment on any planning application please contact your local planning office at: [email protected] or add your comments to the relevant planning application on the Aberdeenshire Council website. A list of all the datasets used in the search process can be obtained directly from NESBReC and data can be summarised as designated, non- designated and priority species, sites and habitats. Results table: Ref no Data set Interest Locality Grid Ref Proposal APP/2021/0705 Designated UK BAP Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Species Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia) Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse NE LBAP Common Yellow-sedge (Carex viridula subsp. Aberdeenshire Locally oedocarpa) AB42 3BF Important Species Integrated SR111 - Coastal grassland Habitat System SR1 - Maritime cliff and slopes LNCS 2010-12 GNZ - Other neutral grassland EM3Z - Other fens, transition mires, springs HE1 - European dry heaths Integrated HE1 - european dry heaths Habitat System RE2Z - other artificial rock exposure and waste 2004-2007 GNZ - other neutral grassland AS0 - standing open water and canals SR2 - boulders and rock above the high tide mark HE2 - wet heaths Aberdeenshire 89 Skelmuir Hill,Stirling Hill,Duwick: Preglacial Local Nature Buchan Gravels Formation, which is rich in flints, Conservation blankets the ridge of Stirling Hill, Hill of Dudwick Sites and Skelmiur Hill. Den of Boddam glacial meltwater channel geological Bullers of Buchan - Coastal Geomorphology of conservation Scotland review sites SSSI Bullers of Buchan Coast - MIXED Special Areas of Buchan Ness to Collieston Conservation Special Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Protection Areas Maps showing all the search results are included below. Yours sincerely D Caffrey GIS Project Officer PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING NOTES: 1) NESBReC has provided this report based on the biological data that it holds in the NESBReC database. However, NESBReC is solely the provider of data and cannot advise on individual planning applications. If you wish to comment on any planning application please contact your local planning office at: [email protected] or add your comments to the relevant planning application on the website. 2) Search was done to within 100 metres of the area of interest. This is indicated on the map by a broken line around the site. 3) Search areas or centroids are highlighted in red. 4) The dots on any maps depicting the locations of a species are positioned at the centre of a square representing the resolution of the recorded grid reference. Care should be taken over interpretation 5) Due to the limits of the map display function, all records may not be visible on the species maps. However, all species are listed in the relevant table above the map and a full list of records can be supplied in Excel format. 6) Scientific names are only used to identify species on maps when no common name is in general accepted usage. 7) For maps without a key, the relevant information is provided in the table. 8) The ownership of the data within this report remains with the original recorder and is subject to the laws defining Intellectual Property Copyright. 9) This report and the data held within it are to be used solely for those purposes described under the terms of any agreement between the Planning Authority and NESBReC. 10) Some, or all of the data held within this report may be of a sensitive or confidential nature. Such information will be marked as such and if required an appropriate contact for further correspondence will be given (otherwise NESBReC should be contacted). 11) Although NESBReC makes every possible effort to ensure that the data it provides is accurate and up to date, this report should only be considered to represent the most recent version of each dataset as available at the time of the search. 12) For the purposes of planning reports NESBReC is returning data on Habitat Survey, Protected Species, Invasive Species and Protected Areas data only. 13) NE LBAP Locally Important Species are species that are not on existing designated species lists but have been identified as important in the local context. For designated species, the following abbreviated sub-headings are used to describe different levels of importance: Protection of Badgers Act (1992) ANNEX 1, 2.1, 2.2 – EC Birds Directive UK BAP - UK BAP list of Priority Species SBL S2 - Scottish Biodiversity List: International Obligations SBL S3 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Nationally Rare at UK level, found in only 1-15 10km squares SBL S4 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Present in 5 or fewer 10km squares or sites in Scotland SBL S5 - Scottish Biodiversity List: Decline of 25% or more in Scotland in last 25 years Note, a species may be designated under several of these lists, but will only be listed under its highest level designation within this report. The ranking order used here is Protection of Badgers Act (1992), ANNEX 1, ANNEX 2.1, UK BAP, ANNEX 2.2, SBL S2-SBL S5. APP/2021/0705 Designated UK BAP Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Species Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse bifolia) Aberdeenshire AB42 3BF NK123413 18/10/2020 Eurasian Badger NK1264341205 17/07/2006 Lesser Butterfly-orchid NK12674117 03/07/2011 NK1264941149 Lesser Butterfly-orchid NK130411 17/07/2006 08/01/2011 Lesser Butterfly-orchid Starling NK14F NK14F 2002 2002 Eider Snipe NK14F NK14F 2002 2002 Linnet Swift © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 NE LBAP Common Yellow-sedge (Carex viridula Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Locally subsp. oedocarpa) Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse Important Aberdeenshire Species AB42 3BF NK1297241142 NK1278441135 12/07/2006 06/04/2011 Roseroot Common Yellow-sedge NK1266540945 06/04/2011 Common Yellow-sedge © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 Integrated SR111 - Coastal grassland Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Habitat SR1 - Maritime cliff and slopes Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse System LNCS GNZ - Other neutral grassland Aberdeenshire 2010-12 EM3Z - Other fens, transition mires, springs AB42 3BF HE1 - European dry heaths EM3Z SR111 LRZ SR111 SR1 GNZ SR111 LRZ SRZ GNZ AS0 HE1 SR1 HE1 RE2Z EM3Z SRZ RE2Z GNZ HE1 SRZ SR111 LRZ HE1 SR111 SR1 LRZ SR112 LRZ GNZ SR1 SR111 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 Integrated HE1 - european dry heaths Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Habitat RE2Z - other artificial rock exposure and waste Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse System 2004- GNZ - other neutral grassland Aberdeenshire 2007 AS0 - standing open water and canals AB42 3BF SR2 - boulders and rock above the high tide mark HE2 - wet heaths SR1 SR1 SR1 GNZ HE1 GNZ RE21 GNZ HE1 GNZ GI0 SR1 GNZ GA1 SR2 GNZ GNZ UR0 RE21 GNZ GI0 HE1 GNZ HE1 GNZ HE1 GNZ GNZ GNZ RE21 GNZ SR111 SR111 HE1 GNZ RE2Z UR0 RE21 GNZ UR0 SR111 AS0 GNZ GNZ GNZ GNZ GNZ GNZ GNZ SR2 AS0 GNZ SR2 RE2Z GNZ RE2Z HE1 SR111 HE1 AS0 HE2 GNZ SR112 SR111 SR2 GNZ UR0 SR2 GNZ HE1 SR2 SR2 GNZ AS0 SR2 RE2Z HE1 SR2 SR2 HE1 SR2 RE2Z HE1 SR2 HE1 AS0 GNZ © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 Aberdeenshire 89 Skelmuir Hill,Stirling Hill,Duwick: Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Local Nature Preglacial Buchan Gravels Formation, Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse Conservation which is rich in flints, blankets the ridge Aberdeenshire Sites of Stirling Hill, Hill of Dudwick and AB42 3BF Skelmiur Hill. Den of Boddam glacial meltwater channel 89 Skelmuir Hill,Stirling Hill,Duwick © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 geological Bullers of Buchan - Coastal Forehill NK 12722 Erection of conservation Geomorphology of Scotland Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse review sites Aberdeenshire AB42 3BF Bullers of Buchan © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 SSSI Bullers of Buchan Coast - MIXED Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse Aberdeenshire AB42 3BF Bullers of Buchan Coast © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 Special Areas Buchan Ness to Collieston Forehill NK 12722 Erection of of Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse Conservation Aberdeenshire AB42 3BF Buchan Ness to Collieston Buchan Ness to Collieston Buchan Ness to Collieston Buchan Ness to Collieston Buchan Ness to Collieston Buchan Ness to Collieston © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 APP/2021/0705 Special Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast Forehill NK 12722 Erection of Protection Boddam 41126 Dwellinghouse Areas Aberdeenshire AB42 3BF Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Aberdeenshire Council Licence No. 0100020767 2021 .
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