A report by the Interim Director of Corporate Services advised the Cabinet of the proposed changes to the schedule of Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs) identified since the adoption of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan (UDP) in 2000. It recommended that Cabinet recommend the Council to formally adopt the revised schedule of sites as a material consideration for use by the Planning Committee in the determination of individual planning applications.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet recommends to Council that the revised schedule of Sites of Biological Interest be adopted as a material consideration for use by Planning Committee in the determination of individual planning applications.