Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
| Author | William Webster |
| Pages | 61-64 |
Chapter 5
Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
INTRODUCTION
5.1 This chapter deals with the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1012) (‘the Habitats Regulations 2017’)
and (b) wild birds.
(SI 2017/1013) in relation to offshore wind farms. See reg.28 and the need to address potential adverse effects on site integrity; see also Chapter 8, Case Study XXI at paras 111–115 under the sub-para. ‘Offshore Ecology and Requirements of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and the Habitats Regulations 2017’.
Council Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds (Birds Directive), as last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU of 13 May 2013.
‘European sites’, the protection of ‘European protected species’, and the adaptation of planning and other controls for the protection of European sites. By reg.42 those species identified in Sch.2 and their breeding sites/resting places are protected. It is in relation to these species that a European Protected Species Licence is required. The extent of the revocations affecting the 2010 Regulations is very limited (see Sch.7 and Explanatory Note).
62 Renewable Energy from Wind and Solar Power
OVERVIEW OF THE HABITATS REGULATIONS 2017
5.2 They impose duties on public bodies (including planning authorities) to exercise their nature...
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