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Representation ID: 4580

Received: 07/08/2025

Respondent: RSPB England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

HHH26, is close to High Halstow National Nature Reserve (NNR) and to Northward Hill RSPB reserve and SSSI. We consider this creates a high risk of additional urbanisation pressures on the sensitive wildlife within the site (as well as on the RSPB’s ability to manage the site), in the form of increased recreational disturbance from people, including dog walking, vandalism and other urban impacts.

We would therefore recommend additional policy wording to recognise that appropriate mitigation will be essential to address the impacts on the SSSI.