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Action plan details - Biodiversity Action Plan for Gloucestershire

  

HAP Lowland Heathland
Plan status: Implementation underway

Vision statement
To protect existing good quality heathland sites and to ensure their appropriate management.
To expand significantly the existing area of heathland by creating sites where restoration can take place.
To identify areas with restoration potential which may be brought 'on stream' as current initiatives come to fruition.
To encourage community awareness and appreciation of lowland heathlands and their conservation requirments.

Targets
Code Text Status Assessment date Latest progress report  
LH 4.2 Restore 60ha by 2005 (including a single site of around 30ha at Poors Allotment/Tideham). Target achieved 25/01/2010 No report More >
LH 4.3 Evaluate 3 new areas with restoration potential by 2005. Some progress (behind schedule) 21/08/2008 New areas under Forestry Commission management were extensions to sites already restored. Apart from one site Haywood at Cinderford as a new site with extensive restoration potential. More >

Actions
Code Text Start/End date Contacts
(lead shown bold)		 Status  
LH 5.1.1 Seek the inclusion of policies within Structure Plans, Local Plans, Waste Local Plans and Minerals Plans that ensure new development does not have an adverse effect on the nature conservation of heathland. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Completed More >
LH 5.2.1 Define the areas of current heathland and sites covered by the new management initiatives. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2000 Gloucestershire County Council Underway (on schedule) More >
LH 5.2.1 Ensure appropriate management of all current areas of heathland. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Underway (on schedule) More >
LH 5.2.2 Continue heathland restoration projects in the Forest of Dean. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Forestry Commission England,
SITA Trust		 Underway (on schedule) More >
LH 5.2.4 Continue experimental management work at Cleeve Common. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
LH 5.2.5 Intergrate and rationalise the Key Wildlife Sites systems with the FC SSCV (Sites of Special Conservation Value) system. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2001 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust,
Gloucestershire County Council		 Underway (behind schedule) More >
LH 5.3.1 Where necessary promote appropriate habitat management to site owners. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Underway (on schedule) More >
LH 5.4.1 Identify target areas for the expansion of existing sites and the location of new sites with restoration potential. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2001 Gloucestershire County Council Underway (behind schedule) More >
LH 5.4.2 Establish monitoring procedures to measure the progress of restoration and the species diversity of sites. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
LH 5.4.3 Whenever possible, pass biological records to Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
LH 5.5.1 Ensure that heathland conservation messages are delivered at sites where management initatives are in progress by putting up information boards. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2002 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
LH 5.5.2 Publicise restoration projects by issuing press releases and running events. 30/01/2000 - 31/12/2010 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >


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