Item5Appendix2HRA20220305DETNethyHousing

This document contains a habitats regulations appraisal, dated 11 August 2023, for a planning application (reference 2022/0305/DET) to build 21 dwellings in Nethybridge. The appraisal, carried out by Karen Aldridge, Planning Ecological Advice Officer on 20 April 2023, looks at the potential impact of the development on nearby European sites, including the River Spey Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Abernethy Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) and Craigmore Wood SPA. The assessment concludes that, with the implementation of a pollution prevention plan, the development is not likely to have an adverse effect on the integrity of these protected sites and there will be no significant disturbance to the capercaillie.