SECTION 3.0 - Durham County Council

Contents
Section 1.0
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1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Purpose of Technical Paper 5
1.3 Overview of Technical Paper
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Section 2.0 – Policy Context
2.1 European/International Context
2.2 National Context 13
2.3 Regional Context
2.4 County Context 26
2.5 Local Context 29
Section 3.0 – Current Situation
3.1 Baseline 30
3.2 Evidence Base Summary
Section 4 – Golden Threads
4.1 Sustainable Development 64
4.2 Regeneration 64
4.3 Climate Change 65
4.4 Emerging Issues 66
Section 5 – Conclusion and recommendation 68
Appendices
Appendix A – Designations by character area 70
Appendix B – European Sites (SPA’s & SAC’s)
Appendix C – Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
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Appendix D – National Nature Reserves (NNR) 95
Appendix E – Local Nature Reserves (LNR) 97
Appendix F – Local Wildlife Sites (LWS)
Appendix G – County Geological Sites (CGS) 117
Appendix H – Summary of protection afforded to species found 122
in the County
Appendix I – Habitats
and species of principle importance found 124
in the County
References 127
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