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(continued) 4 Biodiversity survey and (Note: A Major proposals is one that is more than 10 dwellings or more than 0.5 hectares or for non-residential development is more than 1000m2 floor area or more than 1 hectare) Proposals affecting or within 50 m of rivers, streams, canals, lakes, swamps, reedbeds or other aquatic habitats. Proposals affecting ‘derelict’ land (brownfield sites), allotments, mature gardens and railway land including bare ground that may support ground-nesting birds or invertebrates. Proposals affecting arable, pasture, habitats and uncultivated land. Proposals for wind turbines/farms. Proposals involving previously undeveloped, or long abandoned sites of over ¼ hectares and sites within designated areas (such as Sites of Biological Importance). Planning applications that may affect protected sites or species, habitats or species of principal importance, or significant geological/ geomorphological features require submission of survey and assessment information to show how the proposed development may affect these proposals; Impact assessment – clear assessment of the likely impacts of the proposal; Mitigation strategy – to clarify how the likely impact will be addressed. This should be proportionate to perceived impacts and must include clear prescriptions rather than vague, general or indicative possibilities and be feasible and deliverable. Biodiversity Opportunity Mapping is encouraged to inform landscape-scale assessment and planning for ecological connectivity. For the Staffordshire Ecological Record click Natural England’s Great crested newt mitigation guidelines 2001. To view click Natural England’s guidance on wind turbine/farms. To view click BS42020:2013 Biodiversity “Code of practice for planning and development”. To purchase click Defra/Natural England standing advice for protected species and sites. To view click