Decision details
Local Wildlife Sites
Decision Maker: Leader of the Council, Council
Decision status: Recommmend Forward to Council
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The report of the Assistant Director – Environmental Services seeks approval of revised site selection criteria, terms of reference, procedures for site selection and changes to the schedule of sites of biological importance.
Decision:
Resolved - That it be recommended to Council that:
(1) The modified terms of reference for the Wirral Local Sites Partnership and Local Wildlife Site assessment procedures (Appendix 1 of this report); and sections 2 (Habitat criteria) and 3 (Species criteria) of the Local Wildlife Sites Selection Criteria for the Cheshire region (Appendix 2 of this report) be adopted as the basis for the future selection of Local Wildlife Sites in Wirral; and
(2) That the revisions to the current schedule of Sites of Biological Importance (Appendix 3 of this report) be adopted as a material consideration for use by Planning Committee in the determination of individual planning applications.
Publication date: 26/06/2017
Date of decision: 26/06/2017
Accompanying Documents:
- Executive Member Decision Form - Local Wildlife Sites PDF 280 KB
- Local Wildlife Site Criteria Review Delegated Report PDF 110 KB
- Appendix 1 Revised ToR and Site Selection Procedures PDF 55 KB
- Appendix 2 Cheshire LWS Selection Criteria PDF 2 MB
- Appendix 3 Revised Boundaries and Citations PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 4 Revised Schedule of SBIs PDF 51 KB