Response from Mr Peter Moreton, Swift Conservation Project - Swifts in the Community
1. Mr Peter Moreton, Swift Conservation Project - Swifts in the Community : 3 Jan 2017 17:28:00
Please make your comments in the box below and refer specifically to the number of each site / policy you are commenting on.
The specific inclusion of provision for urban wildlife such as swifts in new development and conversions is a welcome addition to the DPD (AS05 and 4.2.21). However I would like to suggest that an improvement to this would be to mention specifically the unique nature of the area's buildings and their support for wildlife which comes under the category of urban biodiversity. Indeed a specific mention of maintaining and enhancing urban biodiversity, not just bio diversity which is generally referring to the natural rather than man made world, would help to contextualize the reason for the specific mention for swifts etc.
Do you have any comments to make on the Draft Sustainability Appraisal Report or Habitats Regulations Report associated with the Draft DPD?
Further to the comments on the DPD re. unique buildings and urban biodiversity, the lack of this being documented is also reflected in the SAR specifically in the table on page 22 of the report. which lists the various aspects of biodiversity.
