Policy paper

Annex F – marine and terrestrial SAC, SPA and Ramsar sites screened out from full assessment in the NE sHRA

Published 31 May 2022

Applies to England

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Terrestrial SAC, SPA or Ramsar sites where designated features are all land-based - provisionally assessed and screened out but requires re-assessment against final GGL proposal.

  1. Baston Fen SAC
  2. Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats SAC
  3. Beer Quarry and Caves SAC
  4. Benacre Lagoons SAC
  5. Blackstone Point SAC
  6. Coquet Island SPA
  7. Farne Islands SPA
  8. Flamborough and Filey Coast SPA
  9. Hestercombe House SAC
  10. Isles of Scilly Complex SAC
  11. Isles of Scilly SPA and Ramsar site
  12. Lundy SAC
  13. Nene Washes SAC
  14. Orfordness –Shingle Street SAC
  15. Ouse Washes SAC
  16. Paston Great Barn SAC
  17. Singleton and Cocking Tunnels SAC
  18. Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons SAC
  19. WyeValley and Forest of Dean bat sites SAC

Marine SAC or SPA seaward of the mean low water mark - no assessment required

  1. Bristol Channel Approaches SAC
  2. Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay SPA
  3. Greater Wash SPA
  4. Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton SAC
  5. Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge SAC
  6. Lands’ End and Cape Bank SAC
  7. Liverpool Bay/ Bae Lerpwl SPA
  8. Lizard Point SAC
  9. Lyme Bay and Torbay SAC
  10. Margate and Long Sands SAC
  11. Outer Thames Estuary SPA
  12. Shell Flat and Lune Deep SAC
  13. Southern North Sea SAC
  14. Start Point to Plymouth Sound and Eddystone SAC
  15. Studland to Portland SAC