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O Shoping growth in Docorum Appendices for Topic Paper for the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC A summary/overview of available evidence BOROUGH Dacorum Local Plan (2020-2038) Emerging Strategy for Growth COUNCIL November 2020 Appendices Natural England reports 5 Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation 6 Appendix 1: Citation for Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 7 Appendix 2: Chilterns Beechwoods SAC Features Matrix 9 Appendix 3: European Site Conservation Objectives for Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Site Code: UK0012724 11 Appendix 4: Site Improvement Plan for Chilterns Beechwoods SAC, 2015 13 Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI 27 Appendix 5: Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI citation 28 Appendix 6: Condition summary from Natural England’s website for Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI 31 Appendix 7: Condition Assessment from Natural England’s website for Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI 33 Appendix 8: Operations likely to damage the special interest features at Ashridge Commons and Woods, SSSI, Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire 38 Appendix 9: Views About Management: A statement of English Nature’s views about the management of Ashridge Commons and Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), 2003 40 Tring Woodlands SSSI 44 Appendix 10: Tring Woodlands SSSI citation 45 Appendix 11: Condition summary from Natural England’s website for Tring Woodlands SSSI 48 Appendix 12: Condition Assessment from Natural England’s website for Tring Woodlands SSSI 51 Appendix 13: Operations likely to damage the special interest features at Tring Woodlands SSSI 53 Appendix 14: Views About Management: A statement of English Nature’s views about the management of Tring Woodlands Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), 2003. 55 National Trust reports for the Ashridge Estate 58 Ecological reports 59 Appendix 15: A survey of Saproxylic coleopteran (and other invertebrates) of selected areas of the Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire by A.P.Foster, 2017 60 Appendix 16: A survey of Saproxylic coleopteran (and other invertebrates) of selected areas of the Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire by A.P.Foster, 2018 146 Appendix 17: Monument Drive, Ashridge Estate Breeding Bird Survey Report – draft by Denny Ecology, October 2018 294 Appendix 18: Preliminary Ecological Appraisal for the National Trust’s Proposed new car park, Ashridge Estate by Bernwood ECS Ltd, October 2017 329 Ground conditions 376 Appendix 19: Cranfield University: Ground Compaction at Ashridge, June 2012 377 Woodland and Conservation Management Plans for Ashridge Estate 384 Appendix 20: Woodland Management Plan including priority actions map, summary overview map and compartment plan, September 2019 385 Appendix 21: Brief to produce a Conservation Management Plan for the central area of the Ashridge Estate and plan boundary by National Trust, July 2018 440 Appendix 22: A Conservation Management Plan for the Central Area of the Ashridge Estate (Part 1) by Historic Environment Associates. September 2019 463 Appendix 23: Nature Conservation Evaluation Ashridge Estate: Monument Drive, 2015 survey by National Trust 609 Recreational Pressure surveying 625 Appendix 24: National Trust’s Visitor Survey template 626 Woodlands Trust reports for Tring Park 628 Appendix 25: Potential Impacts of Recreation on Woodland Trust’s Tring Park Site, September 2019 629 Appendix 26: Ecological Walkover Assessment, Visitor Survey and Identification of Potential Impacts of Recreation on the Woodland Trust’s Tring Park Site, September 2019 675 NaturalEnglandReports Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Appendix 1: Citation for Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation EC Directive 92/43 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora Citation for Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Name: Chilterns Beechwoods Unitary Authority/County: Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Windsor and Maidenhead SAC status: Designated on 1 April 2005 Grid reference: SP975134 SAC EU code: UK0012724 Area (ha): 1276.48 Component SSSI: Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI, Aston Rowant Woods SSSI, Bisham Woods SSSI, Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice SSSI, Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens SSSI, Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods SSSI, Naphill Common SSSI, Tring Woodlands SSSI, Windsor Hill SSSI Site description: The Chilterns Beechwoods represent a very extensive tract of ancient semi-natural beech Fagus sylvatica forests in the centre of the habitat’s UK range. The woodland is an important part of a mosaic with species-rich chalk grassland and scrub. A distinctive feature in the woodland flora is the occurrence of the rare coralroot Cardamine bulbifera. Standing and fallen dead timber provide habitat for dead-wood (saproxylic) invertebrates, including stag beetle Lucanus cervus. Qualifying habitats: The site is designated under article 4(4) of the Directive (92/43/EEC) as it hosts the following habitats listed in Annex I: · Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests. (Beech forests on neutral to rich soils) · Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous substrates (Festuco- Brometalia). (Dry grasslands and scrublands on chalk or limestone) Qualifying species: The site is designated under article 4(4) of the Directive (92/43/EEC) as it hosts the following species listed in Annex II: · Stag beetle Lucanus cervus This citation relates to a site entered in the Register of European Sites for Great Britain. Register reference number: UK0012724 Date of registration: 14 June 2005 Signed: On behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Chilterns Beechwoods SAC UK0012724 Compilation date: May 2005 Version: 1 Designation citation Page 1 of 1 Appendix 2: Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Features Matrix Chilterns Beechwoods SAC Bradenham Hollowhill Woods, Bisham Ellesborough and Naphill Tring Windsor Ashridge Commons and Park Wood Aston Rowant Woods SSSI Woods and Kimble Pullingshill Common Woodlands Hill Woods SSSI & The SSSI Warrens SSSI Woods SSSI SSSI SSSI Coppice SSSI SSSI Feature 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 001 002 004 005 006 007 008 001 002 001 002 001 002 003 004 001 002 001 001 001 H6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia), (note that this includes the priority feature "important orchid rich sites") UR UR ? UR H9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests F ? F UR F F ? F F ? F F F F UR ? ? ? F F F ? ? F UR F S1083 Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus F Download Key: F Favourable UR Unfavourable recovering UN Unfavourable no change UD Unfavourable declining PD Partially destroyed D Destroyed ? Not recorded / Appendix 3: European Site Conservation Objectives for Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Site Code UK0012724 European Site Conservation Objectives for Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Site Code: UK0012724 With regard to the SAC and the natural habitats and/or species for which the site has been designated (the ‘Qualifying Features’ listed below), and subject to natural change; Ensure that the integrity of the site is maintained or restored as appropriate, and ensure that the site contributes to achieving the Favourable Conservation Status of its Qualifying Features, by maintaining or restoring; The extent and distribution of qualifying natural habitats and habitats of qualifying species The structure and function (including typical species) of qualifying natural habitats The structure and function of the habitats of qualifying species The supporting processes on which qualifying natural habitats and the habitats of qualifying species rely The populations of qualifying species, and, The distribution of qualifying species within the site. This document should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Supplementary Advice document, which provides more detailed advice and information to enable the application and achievement of the Objectives set out above. Qualifying Features: H6210. Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous substrates (Festuco- Brometalia); Dry grasslands and scrublands on chalk or limestone H9130. Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests; Beech forests on neutral to rich soils S1083. Lucanus cervus; Stag beetle Explanatory Notes: European Site Conservation Objectives These Conservation Objectives are those referred to in the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 as amended from time to time (the “Habitats Regulations”). They must be considered when a competent authority is required to make a ‘Habitats Regulations Assessment’, including an Appropriate Assessment, under the relevant parts of this legislation. These Conservation Objectives and the accompanying Supplementary Advice (where available) will also provide a framework to inform the measures needed to conserve or restore the European Site and the prevention of deterioration or significant disturbance of its qualifying features. These Conservation Objectives are set for each habitat or species of a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Where the objectives are met, the site will be considered to exhibit a high degree of integrity and to be contributing to achieving Favourable Conservation Status for that species or habitat type at a UK level. The term ‘favourable conservation status’ is defined in regulation 3 of the Habitats Regulations. Publication date: 27 November 2018 (version 3). This document updates and replaces an earlier version dated 30 June 2014 to reflect