Planning
Beechwood SAC
The Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation includes 9 separate sites in the Chiltern Hills and spreads across 3 counties. The Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is an internationally recognised designation with habitats and species of significant ecological importance.
The relevant sites to Buckinghamshire are:
- the Ashridge Commons and Woods Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- the Tring Woodlands Site of Special Scientific Interest
Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG)
Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) is the name given to arrangements for the addition of recreational space that allows residents of new homes to avoid additional ecological disturbance to Special Areas of Conservation.
Kingsbrook Meadows
A Strategic SANG, Kingsbrook Meadows at Aylesbury, has now been approved and allows us to start reviewing applications which have requested and would qualify for mitigation using SANG credit from this SANG.
The applications that qualify include either:
- applications for 9 or less dwellings within the 12.6km Zone of Influence
- applications for 10 or more dwellings within a 5km catchment area of the Kingsbrook Meadow SANG
Planning case officers will contact applicants that qualify for credit allocations to the approved SANG at Kingsbrook Meadows. The SANG is to be delivered in 3 phases.
For details on the phases please visit https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/building-or-improving-your-property/chiltern-beechwoods-special-area-of-conservation-faqs/
