Can you build on a site of special scientific interest?
Development affecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs) for planning permission. This usually also applies to developments that fall within a defined area around a SSSI. planning permission is unlikely to be granted for many developments that damage SSSIs.
Who manages sites of special scientific interest?
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act the owner or occupier may enter into a management agreement for the purposes of securing the SSSI special interest. Public bodies are not allowed to carry out damaging operations on an SSSI, except where they notify the relevant conservation agency.
Where is SSSI?
SSSIs are areas of conservation, consisting of protected areas, recognised for their biological or geological significance. In Northern Ireland an SSSI is called an area of special scientific interest (ASSI).
What should you consider when building on a site of special scientific interest SSSI?
The SSSI are sites that are preserved due to its rich flora, fauna, geology and geomorphology. Before the construction process, necessary surveys must be taken to prove that the SSSI wont be affected by the construction process or after it. Proper planning and approval is needed.
How does SSSI protect biodiversity?
SSSIs have made a significant contribution to reducing declines and local extinctions in several species groups and have helped to improve the ecological condition of sites, to the benefit of habitats and species. They are therefore playing a major role in the delivery of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
What does triple Si mean?
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a formal conservation designation. Official authorities in each country determine which sites should have SSSI status: England: Natural England.
What legislation protects SSSI?
Natural England identifies and protects SSSIs in England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). Natural England will select and notify an area as a new SSSI when it believes the land’s wildlife, geology or landform is of special interest.
Who decides on SSSI?
The Natural England board
Give your opinion or object to a new notification You have 4 months to write to Natural England to tell them what you think or to object to the designation of your land as an SSSI . The Natural England board decides whether to confirm or withdraw a notification.