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Sustainable Aggregates Creating Environmental Improvements through Biodiversity The report suggests that the SEA website could be used to gather information on any testing of the techniques by MPAs. It states that data relating to SEA should be more widely available in a useful format and further tested for suitability to the techniques. IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR THE MINERALS INDUSTRY AND STATUTORY ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES – A REVIEW OF BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES. FINAL REPORT, SECTION 3 (THE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AT TRL LIMITED, UNPUBLISHED PROJECT REPORT) Vicky McColl-Grubb, Layla Baldachin and Colin Treleven. March 2004 Project Type: Collation of opinions from the minerals industry and statutory bodies Site: TRL headquarters Project Aim: To examine problems and opportunities facing both minerals industry and statutory bodies in improving environmental and operational outcomes Main Methods: Workshop for members of the minerals industry, minerals planners from local authorities, and English Nature (comments also sought from English Heritage and the Environment Agency) Output: Description of roles of different statutory bodies Tables describing issues highlighted by the minerals industry and statutory bodies: Planning stage - Barriers highlighted by minerals industry: • Lack of experienced staff at statutory bodies due to a high staff turnover • English Heritage’s blanket approach to archaeological investigations • Statutory bodies being too prescriptive with policy. Linked to inexperienced staff Barrier highlighted by statutory bodies: • Lack of clarity in minerals industry on best type of habitat restoration. Often a mixture of several habitat types designed by a landscape architect Opportunity highlighted by all: • Environment Agency’s new standard response to planning applications as part of new Planning Bill. This is likely to be used for smaller applications and allow more time to be spent on minerals applications Extraction stage - Barriers highlighted by minerals industry: • Prolonged waiting for consents posing a business risk • Extreme caution by statutory bodies. Linked again to inexperienced staff Restoration stage - Opportunity highlighted by the statutory bodies: • Need for better understanding of sustainable restoration among planners – EN provide educational 72
information and starting to undertake seminars Long term aftercare - • Barrier highlighted by minerals industry: • Response from Countryside Agency on aftercare of sites is inconsistent across regions, some regions saying they do not have resources to get involved Table discussing effectiveness of mechanisms through which statutory bodies and minerals industry interact. Summary of the main themes highlighted in the tables. Main focus on problems at the planning stage and difficulties implementing monitoring – fewer problems during restoration due to better statutory body communication. Highlighted the need for specific guidance from statutory bodies and good practice examples (ALSF-funded restoration case studies?); flexibility by statutory bodies rather than a prescriptive approach; better co-ordination between the industry and statutory bodies; and consistency across and within organisations. Impacts (Actual): The workshop brought together representatives from government and industry in a useful discussion. Concerns of the industry were highlighted, and provisions made by statutory bodies (guidance etc.) were brought to attention. Impacts may have been greater if the other invited statutory bodies had attended. Impacts (Potential): The workshop could help to increase understanding between the industry and statutory bodies. Potential Expansion: Similar workshops could be arranged in different regions and on specific topics to facilitate communication between the different sectors. Dissemination: Results of the workshop were summarised in the document, providing interesting pointers for all stakeholders. It was presumably distributed to all delegates, but was an ‘unpublished project report’. It may be useful to incorporate some of the main points into more widely distributed material. The workshop included an assessment of different forms of information dissemination between the industry and statutory bodies, highlighting the advantages of: case studies, leafleting, web based information and training; and both advantages and disadvantages of forums, current guidance information, and current position statements. Sustainable Aggregates Creating Environmental Improvements through Biodiversity IDLE VALLEY PROJECT VISION DOCUMENT – VISION STATEMENT (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST – FOLLOW-UP DOCUMENT FROM MIRO MIST ADAS REPORT ‘IDLE VALLEY WIDE-AREA PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY’ 2004) September 2004 Project Type: Summary, project update Site: The central Idle Valley, Nottinghamshire Project Aim: To secure the exceptional range of habitats in the area in perpetuity, through a partnership project involving public and private sector interests linked through the Trust’s charitable activities. To demonstrate that conservation and enhancement of biodiversity can be central to economic and social regeneration. To demonstrate the advantages of this type of sustainable development and serve as a model 73
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