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• design-code-rule

• Policy

  N3.8

  Proposals that positively contribute to the habitat network by creating linking sites will be viewed favourably, especially if it contributes to the Essex Wildlife Trust Living Landscape initiative.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.8

• Policy

  N3.9

  Habitat creation for net gain should be Hedgerows responsive to landscape configuration, so that it can contribute to existing ecological networks and create new networks and green corridors.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.9

• Policy

  N3.10

  Opportunities to connect multiple habitat patches (on-site or offsite) by creation of similar or complementary habitat should be embraced. This is especially important for areas of national Priority Habitats and/or Priority Habitats within Essex BAP.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.10

• Policy

  N3.11

  Schemes within “corridors identified within the Living Landscapes should demonstrate their contribution landscape ecological connectivity.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.11

• Policy

  N3.12

  Landscaping schemes should seek to maximise the contiguity and size of areas managed for biodiversity, following ecological theory and the principles of “bigger-better-more joined up set out originally in the Lawton review.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.12

• Policy

  N3.13

  In appropriate settings such as within existing urban areas, opportunities to “green buildings with features such as green roofs and living roofs should be taken.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.13

• Policy

  N3.14

  All developments must meet the 10% minimum national requirements for hedgerow provision. Use of native hedgerows as boundaries is preferred over walls or fences.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.14

• Policy

  N3.15

  Schemes must conserve and enhance existing hedgerows and restore where possible with hawthorn where gappy and depleted to emphasize the existing landscape character.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.15

• Policy

  N3.16

  Hedgerows specified as boundaries in developments should contain a minimum of five native woody species.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.16

• Policy

  N3.17

  Hedgerows in public green space within developments should be managed for conservation following guidance (such as The Wildlife Trusts, 2023).

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: N3.17

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