BH34 Sheepcote BH34 Valley &(withinadj.NP) Fields Oak &(withinadj.NP) Mile BH02 Site BursteadWood&adj.NP) (within LandColdean BH87 at Lane &(withinadj.NP) Bevendean BH86 HorsePaddocks NP) and(within adj TenantLain andBH36 Moon'sGateWood& adj.NP) (within &(withinadj.NP) Plantation WestlainHog BH35 Plantation 75 - Burstead- 75 Wood (October2011) LandColdean- at Lane97 (November 2011) Bevendean- 90 HorsePaddocks (October 2011) Lots- TheRidge,survey)toPond(no 101 Stanmer Westlainand- Westlain Plantation 95 Belt(October 2012) Course(October 2011) Golf Brighton East - Valley115 South2012); (September Sheepcote- Sheepcote113 - 114 2012); Valley (July North Fields Oak (October Mile 2011) - 04 ref & name Survey y y y y y y y Size y y y y y y y Diversity y y y y y y y Brighton & Hove Criteria 2013 Criteria Hove & Brighton Rare/Exc Feature n y n ? y y y Naturalness n y y ? y y y Fragility n y n ? y y n Recorded history y y y ? y y n Connectivity y y y ? y y n Appreciation y y y ? y y y Ecosystem Services y y n ? y y n Value for Learning y y n ? y y n Management y y y y y y y Overall y y y y y y n CH1 Sussex BAP Habitat 2017 Criteria LWS Sussex y y y y y y n CH2 S41 Habitat n n n n n n n CH4 Sand rock exposures n y y n y y y CH6 Mosaic habitats y y y y y y n CH7 Wildlife Corridors n y y n y y n CH8 Site expansion y y y ? y y y CS1 Species y y y y y y y Panel decision 2013 y y y y y y y Panel review 2017 panelthesitethat is sufficiently recognised protected. and LNR. Itistherefore Park within theWild view theof2017 isunclear theofwoodlandand majority the isincluded designated asa LWS.However, theboundaries theofhabitat incoporated anotherthe into LWS,woodlandwith just being with scattered scrubshould be excluded thissite and from criteria.Thesurvey states theform improvedthat grassland andhabitat speciessupports it meet bothand B&H Sussex secondarywoodland Thewoodlandonfringe.urban the Thesite comprises a comparatively mature,areaof large protectednotable and species. improvedgrassland chalk supports and a numberof Thesite includes ancient woodland, ex-arable landsemi- and recommendedthesite that isalso designated asa LWS. speciesand habitatsthey support. such,As is it whichrecognition merit protection and becausetheof boundaryincludestheofLWS some areas outside theLNR thesite isdesignated asanLNR. However, theproposed densitylargestknown City. theMuch in of CommonFrog of species,includingspecies theS41 Robberfly Hornet and the mosaic A habitatsofsupportingnotablea numberof Sussexand criteria shouldbe retained. woodland,natural and assuch, meets it bothand B&H some whichof (BAP/S41) designated is asancient semi- biodiversityrecords, thesite comprises deciduous woodland assessmentaerialphotos,of theexisting citation and local Nosurvey data isavailable thissite. for However, an from justified. Boundary withadjacent the LNR should remain the surveyboundaries than interest thereforerather not differencebetween existing the site boundary and the woodland;deletionsjustified. Minor seem reflectto the boundarySomeminor extensions incorporateto areas of interest. reflecttheboundaries theofsurveys oflackthan a rather isconsidered the it offootballground, part thesesimply exceptiona deletionof the onwestern boundaryremoveto deletionsaroundthe boundaries, although,with the thereforejustified. indicatesThemapping some minor &HoveBrighton onscale. this Theproposed extension is Thespecies-richon migration. wetgrassland unique is in botanicallydiverse andknown is asa goodsiteseeto birds scrub,including oldchalkdownland. Thesite as awhole is extensionsthetowest incoporate a mosaic grasslandof and wentbeyond theboundaries theofsite. Theproposed Theexisting site was covered bythreesurveys, although two withineastern Habitats extension meetselection criteria. Notes through LNR status.through Donotdesignate as site sufficiently protected Designateas LWS. Designateas LWS. RetainwithLWSboundary no changes. Retainboundarywith LWS minor extensions. footballpractice pitch. deletionwestern on boundaryexcludeto RetainwithLWS extension west to and small RetainwithLWS boundary extension east. to Recommendation Hollingbury Golf Course (within & adj NP) 77 - Hollingbury Golf Course (June 2011) y y y y y y y y y y y y y y n y y y y y y Although the majority of the site is improved grassland, the Do not designate as site sufficiently protected golf course retains areas of rough with relict chalk grassland through LNR status. plants and scrub. The Hill Form supports larger areas of chalk grassland and perhaps the largest area of gorse scrub in Brighton & Hove. The site supports a number of notable species. The whole site is designated as a LNR (Wild Park). The view of the 2017 panel is therefore that the value of the site is already sufficiently recognised and protected.

Hollingbury Wood (within & adj NP) 76 - Hollingbury Wood (October 2011) y y y n y h y y y y y y y y n y y n y y y Mature linear woodland supporting notable species. As such, Do not designate as site sufficiently protected the site meets B&H and Sussex criteria. However, the site is through LNR status. already designated as a LNR (Wild Park). The view of the 2017 panel is therefore that the value of the site is already sufficiently recognised and protected.

Queensdown (within & adj NP) 78 - Queensdown (May 2013) y y y n y n y y y y y y y y n y y y y y y An area of woodland and pasture which supports a number Do not designate as site sufficiently protected of notable and protected species. As such, the site meets through LNR status. both B&H and Sussex criteria. The site is already designated as a LNR (Wild Park).