March 2022

Following approval from Gerrards Cross Town Council the Draft Plan was forwarded to Buckinghamshire Council for the formal screening process. The provisional opinion of Buckinghamshire Council highlighted the need for the following :

  1. Recommended by Natural England – a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) is required use link for more information https://www.gov.uk/guidance/habitats-regulations-assessments-protecting-a-european-site
  2. Following the above HRA our updated Draft Plan will need to include a policy to cover development mitigation measures in line with the new Burnham Beeches Supplementarity Planning Document as Gerrards Cross is within 5.6km of The Burnham Beeches Special Area of Conservation (SAC) use link below for details:
    https://www.chiltern.gov.uk/burnhambeeches
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