<< Back to Contents 15. NATURE CONSERVATION     Policy NC1 Safeguarding of Nature Conservation Interests Throughout the District Policy NC2 Conditions to Safeguard Nature Conservation Interests Throughout the District Policy removed as from 28th September 2007 Policy NC3 Local Nature Reserve; Weirhouse Mill, Chesham       Safeguarding Of Nature Conservation Interests Throughout The District   POLICY NC1   Planning permission for development will be refused where it w ill significantly harm an acknowledged nature conservation interest of established importance. These interests are:-   (i) Statutorily protected sites which are of international or national importance. These include Ramsar Sites, designated or proposed Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation, National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest. These will be subject to special scrutiny.     and   (ii) Sites which are of local or regional importance, including,     (a) designated or proposed statutory Local Nature Reserves     (b) non-statutory sites identified by the Environmental Records Centre as Biological and Geological Notification Sites (Alert Sites) and Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites     (c) land subject to management agreements under Section 39 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.   Where development proposals are acceptable in accordance with this Policy, the proposals should also comply with other Policies in this Local Plan.   This Policy applies throughout the District and will also apply to any further sites of acknowledged nature conservation interest of established importance which may be identified. Top   Conditions To Safeguard Nature Conservation Interests Throughout The District   POLICY NC2   In appropriate cases, conditions will be imposed in order to control potential damage to an acknowledged nature conservation interest of established importance, referred to in Policy NC1.   This Policy applies throughout the District.   Where development proposals are acceptable in accordance with this Policy, the proposals should also comply with other Policies in this Local Plan. Top   Local Nature Reserve; Weirhouse Mill, Chesham   POLICY NC3   Development proposals relating to the land at Weirhouse Mill will not be permitted if they would prejudice the reservation of the land identified on the Proposals Map for a Local Nature Reserve.   Where development proposals are acceptable in accordance with this Policy, the proposals should also comply with other Policies in this Local Plan.         Top