Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 10:18:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Road verges - ecological protection scheme
From: Susan Davis <
[FOI #8946 email]>
To: Cory Clare <
[email address]>
Dear Clare,
Many thanks for this reply. In respect of part (c) of my request, I
have one question - could I ask whether the City Council itself
holds any further information on the designation reasons or
features of special ecological interest on these sites, or is this
information only held by CPBRC?
Yours sincerely,
Susan Davis
-----Original Message-----
R- 1270
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Ecological Protection to Verges
Dear Ms Susan Davis
Your request for information has now been considered. The
information requested is as follows;
Q: If you run an ecological protection scheme for road verges in
your area, please could you provide me with the following details:
a) what protection measures a verge receives when it is included
in the scheme
There are a number of road verges which would fall within this
category within the Peterborough area. They are classified as
County Wildlife Sites and receive some protection in
development/planning terms through the Local Plan. These are shown
on local plan mapping which shows among other things those sites
covered by Local Plan Policy LNE 16 applies to County Wildlife
Sites:
http://www.cartoplus.co.uk/peterborough/text/11_lne_landscape.htm#lne16 <
http://www.cartoplus.co.uk/peterborough/text/11_lne_landscape.htm#lne16 For those County Wildlife Site verges in City Council management
then the authorities duty with respect to Biodiversity under
Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060016_en_4#pt3-pb1-l1g40 <
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060016_en_4#pt3-pb1-l1g40>
b) the list of verges covered by the scheme (and their locations -
road name/number and six figure OS grid references would be fine)
The following road verges in the Peterborough area are classified
as County Wildlife Sites, I have also indicted those which are
managed by the City Council:
Site_Name
Grid_Ref
Managed by PCC
Barnack road verges
TF060043-TF062024-TF067054-TF073047
yes
Southey Lodge verge
TF105022-TF113032
yes
Stamford Rd./Heath Rd./ Ailsworth Rd./King St. verges
TF101039 & TF112046- TF130027 TF123006-TF121040
yes
A47/A1 interchange roadverges
TL063997-TL080997
no
Bedford Purlieus-Wittering roadverge
TF044007-TF043024
yes
Whitewater road verge
TF039037-TF040035
no
All of these are also shown on the City Councils Hawkeye
interactive map:
http://gisint1/hawkeye/Default.aspx <
http://gisint1/hawkeye/Default.aspx>
c) for each verge, the specific reasons why the verge has been
included in the scheme - i.e. the notable species found there, or
the NVC community present
Each verge has been selected for the quality of the Grassland
present (typically calcareous MG5) and the number of indicator
species for this habitat type.
Detailed descriptions for each verge can be requested from the
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biological Records Centre:
http://www.cpbrc.org.uk/ <
http://www.cpbrc.org.uk/>
d) If you do not run such a scheme in your area, but you are aware
that another body does, please could you refer me to them instead.
Further information on the Local Sites system and Local Sites
Partnership for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough can be found at:
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-15001 <
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-15001>
The information supplied to you in response to your request is the
copyright of Peterborough City Council and is protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You may use it for the
purposes permitted by that Act, including non-commercial research
and news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. If
you wish to re-use any information supplied you must first gain the
Council's explicit written consent. In order to make a request to
re-use the information please contact me at the address above.
If you have any queries or concerns or you are dissatisfied with
the handling of your request then please contact me.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx <
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx>
Yours sincerely
Clare Cory
Interim Information Manager
Peterborough City Council
Town Hall
Peterborough
PE1 1HG
[email address] <mailto:[email address]>
Telephone 01733 452295
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