LICENCE ANNEX B: Summary of all restrictions relating to licensed actions on Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and RAMSAR Sites within the county of Cheshire
Protected sites that are within the assessment are not necessarily part of any active operations. Active operations can and will only occur on protected sites where landowner permission has been granted.
SSSI Site Name European Site Licence Condition (if applicaable)
Abbots Moss SSSI Midland Meres Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing & Mosses - tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett Phase 2 footprint Ramsar
Alderley Edge SSSI Exclude SSSI
Bagmere SSSI Midland Meres Restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit & Mosses - location of traps to existing sett footprint. Avoid Phase 1 Unit 2. Ramsar
Bar Mere SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Bickerton Hill SSSI Exclude SSSI
Brookheys Covert SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict trapping to areas of scrub; restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Brookhouse Moss SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Chapel Mere SSSI Midland Meres Restrict vehicles to existing tracks & Mosses - Phase 2 Ramsar
Comber Mere SSSI Exclude SSSI or delay all activities until the 1st September each year. Then restrict vehicles to existing tracks and avoid all shooting between the 1st September and 30th April in areas of intertidal, fen, reed bed and grazing marsh habitats.
Cotteril Clough SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicle movements to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Dane-in-Shaw Pasture Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing
SSSI tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint. Delay until after hay cut, mid-July
Danes Moss SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Dee Cliffs, Farndon SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Dunham Park SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint. Any decaying wood located within the sett footprint is to be left in situ if possible. If decaying wood must be moved then it should be moved no further than is necessary.
Gannister Quarry SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Gleads Moss SSSi Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Hatherton Flush SSSI Vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks. Limit trapping to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub
Holly Banks SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Lindow Common SSSi Exclude SSSI
Little Budworth Common Exclude SSSI
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Madams Wood SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint. Delay access until after hay cut, mid- July
Norbury Meres SSSI Exclude SSSI or vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub within Units 1 and 3 Oak Mere SSSI Oak Mere SAC, Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing Midland Meres tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett & Moses footprint. Exclude vehicles from the supralittoral Phase 2 rock zone. Any decaying wood located within Ramsar the sett footprint is to be left in situ if possible. If decaying wood must be moved then it should be moved no further than is necessary.
Oakhanger Moss SSSI Midland Meres Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing & Moses tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett Phase 2 footprint. Avoid localities of Salix cinerea - Ramsar Galium palustre woodland (Grey willow)
Peckforton Woods SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Pettypool Brook Valley Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing
SSSI tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub within Units 1 and 3. Exclude vehicles from the supralittoral rock zone. Any decaying wood located within the sett footprint is to be left in situ if possible. If decaying wood must be moved then it should be moved no further than is necessary.
Plumley Lime Beds SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Quoisley Meres Midland Meres Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing & Mosses - tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett Phase 1 footprint or areas of scrub. Any decaying wood Ramsar located within the sett footprint is to be left in situ if possible. If decaying wood must be moved then it should be moved no further than is necessary.
Raw Head SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
River Dane SSSi Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
River Dee (England) SSSI River Dee and Restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit Bala Lake SAC location of traps to existing sett footprint. Exclude activities from within 100m of all watercourses. Avoid placing cage traps in the marsh/riparian wet areas, and do not dig cage traps in at dawn/dusk, this does not include setting the cage trap live (to catch) or for dispatching. Ensure traps are only attractive to target species.
Roe Park Woods SSSi Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Rostherne Mere SSSI Rostherne Restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Avoid Ramsar shooting between the 1st September and 30th April in areas of intertidal, fen, reed bed and grazing marsh habitats. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub
Sandbach Flashes SSSi Exclude SSSI
Sound Heath SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub. Any decaying wood located within the sett footprint is to be left in situ if possible. If decaying wood must be moved then it should be moved no further than is necessary.
Tabley Mere SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict shooting activities to outside the bird breeding season (so no activities until the 1st September). Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Tatton Meres SSSI Midland Exclude SSSI Meres & Mosses - Phase 1 Ramsar
Taylor's Rough & Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicle movements to
Wellmeadow Wood SSSI existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
The Mere, Mere SSSI Midland & Restrict vehicles to existing tracks Mosses - Phase 1 Ramsar
Well Rough and Long Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicle movements to
Plantation SSSI existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint
Wettenhall and Darnhall Vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks.
Woods SSSI Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint. Delay access until after hay cut, August.
Wimboldsley Wood SSSI Vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint. Delay access until after hay cut, mid-July
Witton Lime Beds SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint.
Wybunbury Moss SSSI Midland Meres Exclude SSSI & Mosses - Phase 1 Ramsar
Beechmill Wood and Pasture SSSI Exclude SSSI or vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks. Exclude SSSI or limit location of traps to existing sett footprint (which is already disturbed ground) or areas of rhododendron or conifer plantation or areas of scrub. Delay until after hay cut, mid-July.
Black Lake, Delamere Exclude SSSI
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Flaxmere Moss SSSI Midlands Exclude SSSI Meres & Mosses Phase 1 Ramsar
Flood Brook Clough SSSI Exclude SSSI or limit location of traps to within the sett footprint which is already disturbed ground rhododendron or conifer plantation; restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Hatch Mere SSSI Midlands Exclude SSSI Meres & Mosses Phase 1 Ramsar
Holcroft Moss SSSI Manchester Exclude SSSI Mosses SAC
Linmer Moss SSSI Midland Meres Exclude SSSI & Mosses - Phase 2 Ramsar
Red Brow Cutting SSSI Exclude SSSI or restrict vehicles to existing tracks. Limit location of traps to existing sett footprint or areas of scrub
Risley Moss SSSI Manchester Exclude SSSI Mosses SAC
Rixton Clay Pits SSSI Rixton Clay Exclude SSSI Pitts SAC
Warburton's Wood and Well Wood SSSI Exclude SSSI or limit location of traps to within the sett footprint which is already disturbed ground rhododendron or conifer plantation. Vehicle movement restricted to existing tracks. Delay until after hay cut, mid-July.
Woolston Eyes SSSI Exclude SSSI
Astley & Bedford Mosses Manchester Exclude SSSI
SSSI Mosses SAC
Compstall Nature Reserve Exclude SSSI
SSSI
Highfield Moss SSSI Exclude SSSI
Hollinwood Branch Canal Exclude SSSI
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Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI Exclude SSSI
Ludworth Intake SSSI Restrict vehicles to existing tracks
Rochdale Canal SSSI Rochdale Restrict vehicles to existing tracks Canal SAC