Comment

Representation ID: 7733

Received: 15/12/2009

Respondent: Natural England

In addition to the Habitat Bio-diversity Audit, we recommend that species, geological and landscape data should be screened from existing Warwickshire Local Record Centre data to complement the habitat data. This would enable a fuller appraisal of each option as to the impact on protected species, geodiversity and landscape and enable the natural environment to be monitored to inform on the outcomes of the Core Strategy.
The 'picture' of the natural and historic environment should help then shape the options for growth. It will help identify areas of constraint, but also areas of opportunity for targeting habitat restoration at the landscape scale, using developer contributions for example.