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Land to the Rear of Eden Meadows Existing Landscape

Non – Statutory Sites

Local Sites and Ancient Woodland

3.6 Native Ecology notes there is one Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) also designated as an ancient
woodland, Hawes and Wardwell Woods which lies 0.9km to the north of the Site boundary,
separated by High Street.

Habitats within the Site

3.7 Native Ecology also noted there are no Habitats of Principal Importance or habitats which
include buildings or structures within the Site. However, the following habitat types have been
found within the Site:

• Neutral Grassland – Other Neutral Grassland

• Heathland and Scrub
• Sparsely Vegetated Land
• Mature and Boundary Trees
• Urban and Other Features

3.8 Information relating to the characteristics and habitat value of features within the Site and the
locations of recorded habitats are included on Native's Ecology Net Gain Assessment Habitats
Pre-Construction Map (Appendix 1). The key matters of relevance to this LBMS are summarised

below. The contribution of these features to landscape character and visual amenity are
provided in BWLPD’s Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment which accompanies this
application.

Neutral Grassland – Other Neutral Grassland

3.9 Native Ecology notes that approximately 1.26ha of the Site, comprises Other Neutral Grassland,
tussocky in places and rabbit grazed in the western section including species indicative of
disturbed ground such as creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) and common eragwood (Jacobaea

vulgaris). Some of the species were recorded within Neutral Grassland – Other Neutral
Grassland include Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), annual
meadow grass (Poa annua), perrenial rye grass (Lolium perenne), creeping buttercup
(Ranunculus repens) and others.

Heathland and Scrub

3.10 Native Ecology notes that small areas of dense blackthorn scrub along the western Site
boundary and dense mixed scrub both on the western and eastern Site boundaries were
recorded within the Site (0.04ha and 0.01ha respectively). The dense mixed scrub include

bramble (Rubus fruticose) and elder (Sambucus nigra)

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