Sites designated as Local Basic Natural Stock includes areas in a variety of open
space uses
which may have their own more local ecological interest or landscape value than sites designated
as Critical Natural Assets', or may contribute to the interlinking of wildlife habitats or the integrity
of
valued landscape features. It is important that most of the land identified as Basic Natural Stock
remains as open space. There may be exceptional instances when development for other purposes
can be permitted if:
•
it involves only a small proportion of a particular site and, where necessary, includes
details of measures to be taken to ensure that the development does not significantly
detract from its ecological or landscape value; or,
•
the ecological or landscape contribution of the site which is proposed for development
can be satisfactorily compensated for by, for example, the upgrading of land of lower
ecological or landscape value within or adjoining the site, or elsewhere in the City.
When, exceptionally, development of a type which is not ancillary to an open space
use is
considered to be acceptable within a Basic Natural Stock site, developers may be required to enter
into a legal obligation to ensure that an agreed enhancement or compensatory scheme is
implemented.
