Appendix 3: Proposed Further Modifications (PFM)

Proposed deletions are shown as strikethrough: proposed additions are shown as bold underlined

Ref / Plan Ref / Existing Text / Proposed text / Reason
PFM 1 / Aim 2 (paragraph 3) / 3.reducing the reliance on locally won sand and gravel while still meeting the County’s appropriate contribution to the Region’s needs (by facilitating an increase in importation and recycling to meet demand); / 3.reducing the reliance on locally won sand and gravel where more environmentally acceptable sources are available (through recycling and where appropriate, facilitating an increase in importation), while still meeting the County’s appropriate contribution to the Region’s needs (by facilitating an increase in importation and recycling to meet demand); / To ensure that any importation and/or recycling is an environmentally acceptable option when compared to locally won sand and gravel.
PFM 2 / Aim 4 (paragraph 6) / 6.protecting and enhancing the County’s ecological and geological interest (e.g. wildlife sites and regionally important geological and geomorphological sites) and the natural processes associated with these; / 6.protecting and enhancing the County’s ecological and geological interest (e.g. international, national and local wildlife sites and regionally important geological and geomorphological sites) and the natural processes associated with these; / To ensure that Natura 2000 sites are considered.
PFM 3 / Policy 14 bullet point (vii) / (vii)support and enhance national, regional and local biodiversity action plan objectives; / (vii)support and enhance national, regional and local biodiversity action plan objectives and sites of nature conservation importance, especially Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation and Ramsar sites; / To ensure that Natura 2000 sites are considered.
PFM 4 / New paras between 4.8.3 and 4.8.4 (and renumber et seq) / 4.8.3 In the case of Natura 2000 sites (that is, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas) and Ramsar sites, mineral extraction and related activities (including afteruses) should not have any temporary or permanent adverse effects on the integrity of these assets. For example, in assessing potential effects on these Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites, regard should be had to possible changes to hydrology and air quality (particularly associated with drawdown or water abstraction and transport related emissions) and disturbance which could have an adverse impact on the integrity of these internationally designated sites. In assessing effects on these sites consideration should be given to potential effects on Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites both within and outside of Hertfordshire County.
4.8.4 Any development that would be likely to have a significant effect on the European site, either alone or in combination with other plans and projects, will be subject to assessment under Part IV of the Habitats Regulations at project application stage. Any development that could have a negative effect on the conservation objectives of the European site is not provided for in the policy and would not therefore be in accordance with the development plan / To ensure that Natura 2000 sites are considered.
PFM 5 / Policy 17 / All proposals for mineral extraction and related development:: / All proposals for mineral extraction and related development: (including after-uses): / To ensure that Natura 2000 sites are considered.
PFM 6 / Appendix 4
A2.15 / Important wildlife habitats are protected by both statutory legislation and local policies. Hertfordshire has two sites of international importance: the Lea Valley Special Protection Area and Broxbourne woods which is a Special Area of Conservation and also a National Nature Reserve. There are 43 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), a national designation, and 22 local nature reserves, and other locally designated sites. / Important wildlife habitats are protected by both statutory legislation and local policies. Hertfordshire has two three sites of international importance: the Lea Valley Special Protection Area, and Broxbourne Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods which is a Special Area of Conservation and also a National Nature Reserve and part of the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation. There are 43 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), a national designation, and 22 local nature reserves, and other locally designated sites. / To update the description of environmental assets in Hertfordshire.

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