Notice

Public notice: Pebblebed Heaths NNR

Published 15 February 2024

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Parishes of Budleigh Salterton, East Budleigh and Otterton

County of Devon

Notice is hereby given that:

In pursuance of section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by the Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve No.02 Declaration made on the 10th day of November 2023, declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.

The land having a total area of 89.68 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the Parishes of Budleigh Salterton, East Budleigh and Otterton in the county of Devon and shown single hatched and shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration, is held by Clinton Devon Estates, a body approved by Natural England, and is being managed as a nature reserve.

Natural England is satisfied that the said land is of national importance.

The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites

Michaela Barwell, Operations Manager for Devon
on behalf of Natural England