Comment

Representation ID: 2816

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Sussex Wildlife Trust

SWT notes that in section 7.169 of the supporting text the mitigation hierarchy is mentioned, although not explicitly referenced. Our concern is that although the text mentions mitigation and compensation, the need to first avoid impacts through location and/or design of development is not clearly set out. We remind CDC that the first step in the mitigation hierarchy is to avoid. We therefore proposed that this is made clear in the supporting text through amendments to section 7.169