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Representation ID: 8589

Received: 27/09/2021

Respondent: Elstow Parish Council

The Parish Council were encouraged to highlight to Officers that there appears to be insufficient
detail in the Natural Capital assessment. It would be helpful to have access to this, as well as
the inclusion of this to show that the management and development guidelines in the
Landscape Character Assessment are considered within the Natural Capital network as the
maps of opportunities seem rather sparse in this 5E Eastern Clay Vale area. The fields below
the Ridge are plentiful in small springs / ponds / watercourses that may not have shown in
general habitat assessments but are oases of biodiversity which could be valuably enhanced.
This area is also home to a variety of farmland birds which may not fit with development plans,
even for net gain opportunities as they require farmland and hedgerow habitats. This may not
be reflected properly in the assessment of development in the Southern and Eastern parishes
against Objective 2 of the sustainability appraisal which is rather broad brush when assessing
biodiversity impact.