Local wildlife sites
Areas of land that are especially important for their local wildlife
- Design stage
- Backlog
- Github
- Join the discussion
- Synonyms
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- Protected sites
- Legislation
- No legislation added
- Expected number of records
- Unknown
- Frequency of updates
- Unknown
- Useful links
- No useful links added
- Technical specification
- No specification added
Background information
Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.
Backlog
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Who asked for 'Local wildlife sites' data?
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What is the driver for the request?
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Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Screen
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What is the 'Local wildlife sites' consideration?
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Is there legislation that defines 'Local wildlife sites'?
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Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Local wildlife sites'?
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Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
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Is the Local wildlife sites a trigger?
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Is the Local wildlife sites something to consult during plan making?
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Is there any Local wildlife sites data already available?
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Do we think the data should come from a single source?
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Will a data standard be required?
Research
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Do we understand the lifecycle of a Local wildlife sites?
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Do we understand how the data is created/produced?
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Where will or should the data be used?
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What other planning considerations does it interact with?
- Local plans - LWSs are referenced a number of times in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.
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Who are the statutory consultees for Local wildlife sites?
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Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Local wildlife sites? How do we expect them to use Local wildlife sites?
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What are the planning needs for this data?
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Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Local wildlife sites data?
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What are some potential uses of Local wildlife sites data?
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What's the value of adding Local wildlife sites data to the platform?
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From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Local wildlife sites data available?
1 update
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Kieran Wint (04 September 2024)
As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.
Last updated: 2025-01-28 16:36:43