PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Wetlands: New Forest (18 July 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the habitats regulation assessment for the Latchmore Wetland Restoration Project in the New Forest.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answer

A habitat regulations assessment has not been undertaken. Where a project is carried out with the written consent of Natural England and is necessary to the management of the site, as in the case of the Latchmore Wetland Restoration Scheme, there is no requirement for an assessment under The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010.

A voluntary Environmental Impact Assessment has been undertaken by the Forestry Commission as part of the planning application for the Latchmore Wetland Restoration and this is available on the planning authority web site, the New Forest National Park Authority.


Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
5 September 2016

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