Response from Mrs Sylvia Woodhead, Cumbria GeoConservation
1. Mrs Sylvia Woodhead, Cumbria GeoConservation : 28 Nov 2017 10:08:00
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1.1 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be legally compliant?
Yes
1.3 Do you consider the AONB DPD to be sound?
Yes
1.5 Please give details of why you consider the DPD is not legally compliant or is unsound or fails to comply with the Duty to Cooperate. Please be as precise as possible.
If you wish to support the legal compliance or soundness of the DPD or its compliance with the Duty to Cooperate, please also use this box to set out your comments.
Cumbria GeoConservation is a voluntary geological conservation group working to record and protect important Local Geological Sites (LGS) in Cumbria, formerly Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS). Please note that geological sites in the Lancashire part of the AONB come under the Geo-Lancashire group.
Cumbria GeoConservation is pleased to support this Plan, and notes that our previous comments of last year have been included. We confirm that we believe that this Plan is sound and legally compliant.
It is good to see that the ‘unique limestone geology’ (p3, 14, 21) and its contribution to the landscape is fully recognised in this plan as underlying the special landscapes and beauty of the area. It is also good that drumlins are mentioned for their landscape contribution. The area certainly has high geological diversity (AS02 p21). We are pleased to see that Local Geological Sites are mentioned (p33) and are listed in the Glossary. We note that LGS are mentioned in the Geology and Geomorphology section p35 4.2.22.
There are four LGS in the Cumbria part of the AONB, 5/013 Arnside Foreshore, 5/014 Arnside Blackstone Point, 5/034 Far Arnside shoreline and 5/041 Arnside Sandside Railway Cutting, this latter being also a GeoTrail. Full details of their designations are held by the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) in Carlisle.
We can confirm that the sites identified for housing allocations in Arnside, Beetham and Sandside are unlikely to have any impact on geological sites.
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