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ID sylw: 108403

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Alscot Estate

Asiant : Jonathan Thompson Land & Consultancy Limited

The Estate fully supports retaining and enhancing the natural environment and we agree with the consultation document that “A healthy natural environment is of vital importance to people, places, the economy and nature itself. It provides important services such as food, fresh water, clean air, climate stabilisation and resilience, flood control, recreation, tourism and much more.”

We support Draft Policy Direction 38 which reflects the requirement in the Environment Act 2021 for development proposals to achieve a 10% biodiversity net gain, unless otherwise exempt. The Estate have experience in providing land for biodiversity offsetting and have helped combat biodiversity loss in Warwickshire. The 47 acre site in situ to offset biodiversity impact follows a 30 year minimum period to deliver biodiversity net gains through creating and enhancing habitats. Consequently, the Estate are able to offer biodiversity net gain credits to developers.