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Addressing the Biodiversity Emergency Local Plan Publication stage
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For nature to recover, species need habitats that are bigger and better but importantly connected. The Greater Manchester LNRS sets out a shared vision for nature recovery in Greater Manchester; shared priorities, targets and actions for different habitats and species we can all work towards to help deliver them.
Biodiversity will also be enhanced through developments including through the use of the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain tool, which can take account of the LNRS as well as through embedding Green Infrastructure generally.
The policies listed below are designed to support addressing the biodiversity emergency in Oldham. A brief description of them is given under each heading.
Policy N1 - Protecting Nature:
Policy N1 outlines the borough’s nature hierarchy which will be safeguarded in line with national planning policy.
Policy N2 - Restoring Nature:
Policy N2 outlines how development should have regard to the Local Nature Recovery Strategy to help deliver a net increase in biodiversity across the borough. It also seeks to ensure that where ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’ needs to be met outside the development site that this is located as close as possible to the development site.
Policy N3 - Enhancing Green Infrastructure through development:
Policy N3 outlines how new development can make an appropriate contribution to addressing local needs and opportunities for Green Infrastructure provision.
Policy N4 - Trees:
Policy N4 seeks to protect and retain tree cover and outlined how loss of trees will be considered. This includes a fixed number system for replacement trees.
To read the policies in full, please download the Oldham Local Plan: Publication Plan which is available to view here on the Council’s website.
For nature to recover, species need habitats that are bigger and better but importantly connected. The Greater Manchester LNRS sets out a shared vision for nature recovery in Greater Manchester; shared priorities, targets and actions for different habitats and species we can all work towards to help deliver them.
Biodiversity will also be enhanced through developments including through the use of the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain tool, which can take account of the LNRS as well as through embedding Green Infrastructure generally.
The policies listed below are designed to support addressing the biodiversity emergency in Oldham. A brief description of them is given under each heading.
Policy N1 - Protecting Nature:
Policy N1 outlines the borough’s nature hierarchy which will be safeguarded in line with national planning policy.
Policy N2 - Restoring Nature:
Policy N2 outlines how development should have regard to the Local Nature Recovery Strategy to help deliver a net increase in biodiversity across the borough. It also seeks to ensure that where ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’ needs to be met outside the development site that this is located as close as possible to the development site.
Policy N3 - Enhancing Green Infrastructure through development:
Policy N3 outlines how new development can make an appropriate contribution to addressing local needs and opportunities for Green Infrastructure provision.
Policy N4 - Trees:
Policy N4 seeks to protect and retain tree cover and outlined how loss of trees will be considered. This includes a fixed number system for replacement trees.
To read the policies in full, please download the Oldham Local Plan: Publication Plan which is available to view here on the Council’s website.
