East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

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Counts website (see link below).This data shows some regional hotspots where parkland loss between these dates was over 70% e.g. Northampton, districts on the edge of Leicester and areas around the main towns in the former coalfield areas, notably Chesterfield and Mansfield. 5.12 The implementation and monitoring of Policy 27 should be considered alongside that of Policy 31 Regional Priorities for the Historic Environment.The primary source of data on the historic environment is the annual national and regional ‘Heritage Counts - State of the Historic Environment’ reports (see www.heritagecounts.org.uk ). Natural Assets 5.13 The Government has set a target for 95% of SSSIs to be in favourable condition or moving towards it by 2010. This is now a key target for Natural England, its partners and for the owners and occupiers of these most valuable wildlife and geological sites. 5.14 To monitor progress towards this target, Natural England is visiting and assessing each of the 4000 plus SSSIs in England at least once every six years. This continuous assessment has given Natural England a good understanding of the reasons why some sites are not meeting the needs of the wildlife they are designated to support. It also helps target activities more efficiently and identify policy blocks to better conservation. Additionally, it has enabled the setting of milestone targets nationally for each year to 2010. 5.15 The East Midlands Region as a whole has made good progress over the past three years, but is behind the national target. Across the lowland counties of the Region the situation is close to the national average. 5.16 Within Derbyshire there were two reasons for why substantial improvements were made in 2005/06. Firstly, as a result of ESA delivery process a number of Moorland Management Plans have recently been agreed and are being implemented. This has affected four major SSSIs. Secondly, the Moors for the Future, Heritage Lottery funded project has made real progress in the last two years. In Lincolnshire, improvements have been made on the Wash through securing the support of the Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee in developing sustainable shell fisheries. Improvements in Northamptonshire have come in the main through the notification of a large SSSI - the Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI. 5.17 A particular concern is that in the Peak District National Park 72% of SSSIs, were in unfavourable condition, in comparison to 42% nationally. For an area with international importance such as a Special Protected Area (EU Birds Directive) and Special Area for Conservation (EU Habitats Directive) this is significant from a planning and management point of view at local, regional and national level. There are a number of reasons why the condition of some SSSIs is poor. In the East Midlands the main reasons include: • overgrazing and inappropriate burning in extensive areas of the Peak District and Derbyshire uplands, • lack of management, deer and grazing control and presence of non-native species in woodlands, • under grazing or lack of grazing in the lowlands, • pollution of our rivers and lakes, • unsustainable fishing in The Wash. 5.18 For many sites, the issues are relatively straightforward with advice and management agreements sufficient to address the problems. In other cases, changes in policy and action across whole landscapes are required. Policy 28: Priorities for Enhancing the Region’s Biodiversity Local Authorities, environmental agencies, developers and businesses should work together to promote a major ‘step change’ increase in the level of the Region’s biodiversity Target: • To meet Regional Biodiversity Habitat Management and Recreation Targets Indicator: • Change in areas of biodiversity importance, including: priority habitats and species (by type); and areas designated for their intrinsic value including sites of international, national, regional or subregional significance East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06 79
Results: Significant Effects Indicator Table 5.2 Percentage Change All Farmland Bird Species 1994-2004 % Change in Indicator No of species Declining (% Total) No Species Increasing (% Total) Total Number of Species North West 23 23 (27) 49 (58) 85 North East 15 27 (31) 47 (55) 86 Yorkshire and Humber 21 18 (21) 48 (57) 84 East Midlands 12 22 (27) 40 (49) 81 East of England 7 25 (33) 36 (47) 76 West Midlands -2 30 (38) 37 (46) 80 South East -3 30 (38) 34 (43) 79 South West 1 24 (31) 36 (46) 78 England 5 29 (30) 44 (46) 96 Source: Defra Figure 5.2 East Midlands Wild Bird Indicators 1994-2004 (brackets indicate number of species) East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06 Source: Defra 80
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contents Executive Summary 9 Sectio
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Policy 36 - A Regional Approach to
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Policy 11 - Spatial Priorities for
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SECTION 1 introduction East Midland
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SECTION 2 key points and actions IN
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Key Points Take up of Landscape Cha
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SECTION 8 Sub-Areas Key Points Key
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Further research and joint working
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2.8 One action from the 2004/05 AMR
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Policy No. Policy Title 19 Regional
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APPENDIX 1 data sources and referen
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Section 7 - Transport: • Local Au
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