School for children with additional support needs gets glowing report“It is about replacing felled woodland with replacement woodland.
This is particularly important to understand in relation to loss of AWI woodland.“Of particular note is the requirement for ‘at least the equivalent woodland-related net public benefits’.“In the case of loss of ancient woodland, the public benefits relate particularly to biodiversity, but also addressing climate change issues.“The current proposed mitigation, as we understand it from our discussions with SWECO, is to replace the 12.17ha of wooded area that will be lost if the proposal goes ahead with 13.67ha of planting.“Our expectation from these discussions was that the compensatory planting should.
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