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Representation ID: 4578

Received: 07/08/2025

Respondent: RSPB England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We welcome references to a strategic, partnership-based approach, including acknowledgement of the importance of conserving and enhancing Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI and Medway Estuary and Marshes SPA/ Ramsar/SSSI, as well as the need for buffers. We suggest altering the wording to be clearer.

We welcome support for the LNRS and BNG.

The RSPB urges a strategic approach to protecting the Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI and its nationally important Nightingale population, including a 400m buffer around the SSSI, within which no net new residential units would be permitted.