Road verges - ecological protection scheme

Susan Davis made this Freedom of Information request to Sheffield City Council

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From: Susan Davis

8 March 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

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

b) the list of verges covered by the scheme (and their locations -
road name/number and six figure OS grid references would be fine)

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

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.

Many thanks,

Susan Davis

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From: Firstpoint@sheffield.gov.uk
Sheffield City Council

9 March 2009

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From: Howarth Serica
Sheffield City Council

24 March 2009

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Dear Susan,

Thank you for your request for information dated 8th March.

I am advised by our Street Force service that the Sheffield City Council
do not have any roadside grass verge Ecological Protection Schemes.

However Street Force do manage the maintenance of all our rural verges and
hedges with ecology in mind and the protection of nesting birds, and have
built up a relation with the Sorby National History Society in the
maintenance of verges and hedges.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint, you should write to Mrs Susan
Millington, Head of Strategy, Floor 4 Howden House, Union Street,
Sheffield S1 2SH.

If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our
complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Serica Howarth
Administrative Support Officer
DEL Strategy Team
4TH Floor Howden House
Union St
Sheffield
S1 2SH

TEL: 0114 27 35632
FAX: 0114 27 36204

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