Policy


DM27 Biodiversity and Geodiversity


Key points


Development will not be permitted where there is an unacceptable impact on biodiversity and geodiversity having regard to the following:


(a) the status and designation of sites, habitats and species; (b) the need to avoid the loss and fragmentation of important sites and habitats; and (c) the impact and effectiveness of any mitigation measures proposed to minimize and/or protect sites, habitats and species. Mitigation measures that encourage biodiversity will be looked upon favourably.


3.4.2.1 Saved Policies from previous Suffolk Coastal Local Plan 82.


In addition to the Core Strategy the Suffolk Coastal District Council will continue to have regard to remaining 'saved' policies from previously adopted Suffolk Coastal Local Plan (incorporating the First & Second Alterations) until replacement by policies in other development plan documents. Those remaining 'saved' polices from the previously adopted Local Plan are listed in Table 3.4.


Table 3.4.Relevant remaining saved policies from the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan Policy


Key points


AP1 Conservation Area


To protect the character of the Conservation Areas and to ensure that new buildings, alterations or other development preserve or enhance them, the District Council will, in the control of development within, or affecting, each Conservation Area, pay special attention to the following matters:


(i) the building materials used, to ensure that they are consistent with the general character of the respective area;


(ii) the form, scale, design and detailing of new buildings, alterations to existing buildings, and the space around buildings (including landscape schemes, roads and fencing), which should be in harmony with, and relate satisfactorily to, their surroundings;


(iii) other development, including street furniture, road, footpath and other surfaces, lighting and advertisement displays, should be in keeping with the respective Conservation Area; wherever practicable, electricity, telephone and other cable systems should be placed underground, or in suitably concealed locations;


(iv) natural features, including trees, should be preserved wherever possible; schemes of landscaping and tree planting will normally be required;


(v) Supplementary Planning Guidance; (vi) the traffic implications arising from the proposed development.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


Chapter 3 Policy and Legislative Context Page 22


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