freight by road to rail or 5. Maintain and 5.1 Protect and Would development of the -- The site is within a GHB GHB survey will be improve enhance habitats site: sustenance zone and flyways. The required. environmental and species provide opportunities for whole lies within 2km cirl bunting A survey would be required quality and enhancement of biodiversity? buffer zone. The site is also to ascertain the presence of assets avoid fragmentation and adjacent to Sharkham Point and cirl bunting and inform improve connectivity? Southdown and Woodhuish CWSs suitable mitigation affect the integrity of a measures. European site? involve a loss of greenfield land? 5.2 Promote Is the site on previously ++ The site is within non-agricultural conservation and developed land? land. wise use of land Would development of the site: involve a loss of high quality agricultural land? involve remediation of previously developed land? 5.3 Protect and Would development of the -- The site is within Devon enhance site: AONB. It is located within Type 1 landscape and protect woodlands, rolling farmland; however it abuts townscape hedgerows, trees and the existing built up area. watercourses? be likely to adversely affect an area of landscape importance? be likely to adversely affect townscapes? 5.4 Value and Would development of the -- Development of the site will involve protect diversity site: loss camping site. Any change or and local have the potential to enhance development would be highly distinctiveness the quality and diversity of visible from the surrounding area. including rural open land/countryside? Generally the site considered to be ways of life lead to coalescence of highly sensitive. existing towns/villages?
freight by road to rail or 5. Maintain and improve environmental quality and assets 5.1 Protect and enhance habitats and species Would development of the site: provide opportunities for enhancement of biodiversity? avoid fragmentation and improve connectivity? affect the integrity of a European site? involve a loss of greenfield land? -- The site is within a GHB sustenance zone and flyways. The whole lies within 2km cirl bunting buffer zone. The site is also adjacent to Sharkham Point and Southdown and Woodhuish CWSs GHB survey will be required. A survey would be required to ascertain the presence of cirl bunting and inform suitable mitigation measures. 5.2 Promote conservation and wise use of land Is the site on previously developed land? Would development of the site: involve a loss of high quality agricultural land? involve remediation of previously developed land? ++ The site is within non-agricultural land. 5.3 Protect and enhance landscape and townscape Would development of the site: protect woodlands, hedgerows, trees and watercourses? be likely to adversely affect an area of landscape importance? be likely to adversely affect townscapes? -- The site is within Devon AONB. It is located within Type 1 rolling farmland; however it abuts the existing built up area. 5.4 Value and protect diversity and local distinctiveness including rural ways of life Would development of the site: have the potential to enhance the quality and diversity of open land/countryside? lead to coalescence of existing towns/villages? -- Development of the site will involve loss camping site. Any change or development would be highly visible from the surrounding area. Generally the site considered to be highly sensitive.