- All net new housing in the Neighbourhood Plan area may need to make a financial contribution to delivery of the New Forest Recreation Management Strategy, or appropriate mitigation measures, as outlined in the NFDC New Forest National Park Revised Habitat Mitigation Scheme.
- All developments will need to demonstrate nutrient neutrality for phosphorus in relation to the River Avon SAC. This should be done through using the Natural England River Avon nutrient budget calculator and securing the delivery of offsetting measures as necessary to achieve neutrality.
The recreational pressures arising from residential development within the Neighbourhood Plan area have a potentially harmful impact on the internationally important nature conservation sites within the New Forest. To comply with both national and international legislation to protect the designated sites, measures need to be taken to ensure adverse effects on the integrity of protected sites from recreational impacts is avoided or mitigated. NFDC have prepared an updated Mitigation for Recreational Impacts on New Forest European sites Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)was adopted on 5 May 2021 and provides guidance on the implementation of Policy ENV1: Mitigating the impact of development on International Nature Conservation sites in the Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1: Planning Strategy.
The SPD sets out the strategy using a suite of measures either provided by, or funded by, residential development within the NFDC Local Plan area to provide the required mitigation. It also sets out design guidance for how on-site recreation mitigation should be provided as part of new development for allocations which have the potential to deliver 50 or more dwellings.
A Habitats Regulation Assessment is being prepared to accompany the submission version of the Sandleheath Neighbourhood Plan.