Chew Valley Lake SPA River Avon SAC Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats SAC Salisbury Plain SAC Mells Valley SAC Mendip Woodlands SAC North Somerset and Mendip Bats SAC The Somerset County Council (SCC) Screening Report concludes that the Mendip Limestone Grasslands SAC, River Avon SAC and the Salisbury Plain SAC are not affected by policies within the Core Strategy. It is considered that the policies within the Frome NDP would not affect these areas for the same reasons. Of the remaining areas only the Ecological Zone of Influence (EZI) of the Mells Valley SAC abuts the edge of the built up area of Frome. The Bath and Bradford Bats SAC EZI is within relatively close proximity, but the Bath and Bradford SAC EZI is focussed around the edge of Radstock. This shown in the figures below. The Mendip Woodlands SAC is sensitive to dust and air pollution, but it is not considered that the SAC is sufficiently close to Frome to be affected by development within Frome of the type envisaged by the NDP. Figure 3: Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats: Ecological Zone of Influence in Mendip Source: Somerset County Council 2011 Core Strategy HRA Screening Report
Chew Valley Lake SPA River Avon SAC Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats SAC Salisbury Plain SAC Mells Valley SAC Mendip Woodlands SAC North Somerset and Mendip Bats SAC The Somerset County Council (SCC) Screening Report concludes that the Mendip Limestone Grasslands SAC, River Avon SAC and the Salisbury Plain SAC are not affected by policies within the Core Strategy. It is considered that the policies within the Frome NDP would not affect these areas for the same reasons. Of the remaining areas only the Ecological Zone of Influence (EZI) of the Mells Valley SAC abuts the edge of the built up area of Frome. The Bath and Bradford Bats SAC EZI is within relatively close proximity, but the Bath and Bradford SAC EZI is focussed around the edge of Radstock. This shown in the figures below. The Mendip Woodlands SAC is sensitive to dust and air pollution, but it is not considered that the SAC is sufficiently close to Frome to be affected by development within Frome of the type envisaged by the NDP. Figure 3: Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats: Ecological Zone of Influence in Mendip Source: Somerset County Council 2011 Core Strategy HRA Screening Report
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