Planning Policy Wales - Brecon Beacons National Park

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Technical Advice Note 5, ‘Nature Conservation and Planning’, Welsh Assembly
Government, 2009
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EC
Directive 1992/43/EEC on Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora
(Habitats Directive), as amended
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EC
Directive 2009/147/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds (codified Birds Directive)
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Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat,
(Ramsar Convention 1971 as amended)
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Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2716) (as amended)
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‘The LANDMAP Information System - LANDMAP methodology’, Countryside Council for
Wales 2001
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Natura 2000 is a coherent European ecological network of sites designated for nature
conservation. The network comprises Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) hosting the habitat
types listed in Annex I and habitats of the species listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive and
the Special Protection Areas (SPAs) classified under the Birds Directive.
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Habitats Directive, Article 10
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‘National’ in this context means UK.
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Wildlife
and Countryside Act, 1981 as amended by Sch. 9 of the Countryside and Rights of Way
Act, 2000
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The
Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (SI 1995/419
as amended), Article 10
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The
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) website provides details of SAC and SPA lists
and a list of Ramsar sites.
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Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2716) (as amended)
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Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981
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Protection of Badgers Act, 1992
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Species listed in Habitat Regulations (SI 1994/2716), Schedules 2 and 4
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A derogation is an authorised departure from the system of protection.
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Planning Policy Wales Edition 3 - July 2010 - Chapter 5 Conserving and Improving
Natural Hertiage and the Coast