{"id":12957,"date":"2015-05-12T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=12957"},"modified":"2015-09-09T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T13:56:20","slug":"newts-and-bats-could-be-removed-as-hindrance-to-developers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=12957","title":{"rendered":"Newts and Bats could be removed as hindrance to developers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Commission has launched a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfitness check\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of the birds and habitats directives, which form the basis of British laws protecting wildlife. The results could be that high-profile animals which have proved troublesome for large and small scale developers in the past, like bats and great-crested newts, are no longer protected so vigorously.<\/h3>\n

\"hangingTo try and stop this happening, 100 wildlife and conservation groups are launching a campaign to defend the directives. The Joint Links group, which includes the National Trust, RSPB and RSPCA, said the review of the directives was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the single biggest threat to UK and European nature and biodiversity in a generation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

The European reconsideration follows years of pressure from the Conservatives in Government in their attempt to remove undue European influence and pressures in British business. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in his 2011 Autumn Statement that the Government would:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Make sure that gold-plating of EU rules on things like habitats aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t placing ridiculous costs on British businesses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n

The habitats directive has recently been blamed for preventing churches controlling bats, which have damaged medieval wall paintings and sculptures, and made redevelopment difficult for everything from residents seeking to introduce a room-in-roof all the way up to large-scale mixed developments halted by unsatisfactory Environmental Assessments.<\/p>\n

Sir Tony Baldry, the former church estates commissioner, told the House of Commons last December that 6,400 churches were infested with bats. He said:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No one expected the EU habitats directive to cover places of worship.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kate Jennings, the RSPB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head of site conservation policy, said the birds directive had helped to prevent development damaging to wildlife, including plans to expand Southampton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s container port in an area used by black-tailed godwits and ringed plovers.<\/p>\n

With an evidently pro-business Government, unrestricted by the Lib Dems\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 politically moderating\u00c2\u00a0 influence and seeking to score victories in scaling back European influence wherever possible, it could well be that we see the end of protection for some of Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best known species.<\/p>\n

That said, this could also unlock developments hitherto held up by the regulations. Long have there been calls for a hydro-electric barge across the Severn<\/a>, for example, which have been halted by concerns for local wildlife. Without a regulatory grounding for those concerns, plans like the Severn Barrage, and others, might become a reality.<\/p>\n

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SRJ \u00c2\u00a012.05.15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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