Bradford Local Plan Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) and South Pennine Moors DPD & Mitigation Strategy

The purpose of the HRA is to ascertain whether the proposals and policies within the Local Plan would be likely to result in significant effects on the qualifying features of European Sites of nature conservation importance within and adjacent to the District, and where such effects are predicted, whether they would result in adverse effects on site integrity following mitigation. The requirement to undertake HRA of development plans was confirmed by the amendments to the Habitats Regulations published for England...