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Why is the Northamptonshire BAP relevant?
Carl SimmsSenior Environmental PlannerNorthamptonshire County Council
It just is !!!
Where has BAP come from?
• June 1992 – Rio Convention on Biological Diversity
• 1994 – Launch of UK Biodiversity Action Plan
• UK Biodiversity Steering Group – priority habitats and species for action
• Local BAP - prioritise actions locally
• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Habitats Directive 1994.
– Protect our most important designated sites, species and habitats
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
– Better protection of SSSIs and protected species and habitats. Government duty to protect biodiversity
NERC Duty• Natural Environment and Rural Communities
Act 2006 - raise the profile of biodiversity
• “Every public authority must, in exercising its functions, have regard, so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of those functions, to the purpose of conserving biodiversity”
• Extends the CROW duty to all public bodies
Who does it apply to
PPS 9 & PPS 12
• RSS – include targets for restoration of priority habitats
• LDF – consistent with local biodiversity priorities and objectives (the LBAP)
• Conserve habitats identified in the CROW Act
• Once it has gone its gone
• Hard to get it back
• LBAP helps identify what is left
• Where it can be created and where it can be enhanced
• Seek advice if needed