Comment

Representation ID: 2778

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Sussex Wildlife Trust

SWT notes that policy AL9 includes a specific requirement for development to demonstrate that it would not have an adverse impact on the nature conservation interests of identified sites and habitats. We support the inclusion of this requirement, although as per the revised NPPF, it should also require net gains to biodiversity. However we question why this requirement is not included in any of the previous site allocations when they clearly will also impact on 'nature conservation interests'. Despite this requirement, the policy still needs to be strengthened