Item7Appendix2HRA20230145DETBruar

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Item 7 Appendix 2 09 June 2023 Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Agenda item 7

Appendix 2

2023/0145/DET

Hab­it­ats reg­u­la­tions appraisal

HAB­IT­ATS REG­U­LA­TIONS APPRAISAL

Plan­ning ref­er­ence and pro­pos­al inform­a­tion	2023/0145/DET
Appraised by	Kar­en Ald­ridge, Plan­ning Eco­lo­gic­al Advice Officer
Date	17 May 2023
Checked by	Stephanie Wade, Plan­ning Officer (DM)
Date	25/05/2023

INFORM­A­TION

European site details
Name of European site(s) poten­tially affected
1) River Tay SAC
Qual­i­fy­ing interest(s)
1) River Tay SAC
Atlantic sal­mon
Brook lamprey
Clear-water lakes or lochs with aquat­ic veget­a­tion and poor to mod­er­ate nutri­ent levels
Otter
River lamprey
Sea lamprey
Con­ser­va­tion object­ives for qual­i­fy­ing interests
1) River Tay SAC
Con­ser­va­tion Object­ive 2.	To ensure that the integ­rity of the River Tay SAC is main­tained by meet­ing object­ives 2a, 2b and 2c for the qual­i­fy­ing feature
Con­ser­va­tion object­ives for clear water lakes or lochs:
2b.	Main­tain the struc­ture, func­tion and sup­port­ing pro­cesses of clear-water lakes or lochs with aquat­ic veget­a­tion and poor to mod­er­ate nutri­ent levels
2c.	Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion and viab­il­ity of typ­ic­al spe­cies of clear-water lakes or lochs with aquat­ic veget­a­tion and poor to mod­er­ate nutri­ent levels
2a.	Main­tain the extent and dis­tri­bu­tion of clear-water lakes or lochs with aquat­ic veget­a­tion and poor to mod­er­ate nutri­ent levels with­in the site
Con­ser­va­tion Object­ives: sea lamprey, brook lamprey & river lamprey
2b.	Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion of the lamprey spe­cies’ through­out the site
2c.	Main­tain the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing the lamprey spe­cies’ with­in the site, and avail­ab­il­ity of food
2a.	Main­tain the pop­u­la­tion of the lamprey spe­cies’ as viable com­pon­ents of the site
Con­ser­va­tion object­ives: Atlantic salmon
2b.	Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion of Atlantic sal­mon through­out the site
2c.	Main­tain the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing Atlantic sal­mon with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of

food

2a.	Main­tain the pop­u­la­tion of Atlantic sal­mon, includ­ing range of genet­ic types, as a viable com­pon­ent of the site
Con­ser­va­tion Object­ives: Otter
2b.	Main­tain the dis­tri­bu­tion of otter through­out the site.
2c.	Main­tain the hab­it­ats sup­port­ing otter with­in the site and avail­ab­il­ity of food
2a.	Main­tain the pop­u­la­tion of otter as a viable com­pon­ent of the site
Con­ser­va­tion Object­ive I.	To ensure that the qual­i­fy­ing fea­tures of River Tay SAC are in favour­able con­di­tion and make an appro­pri­ate con­tri­bu­tion to achiev­ing favour­able con­ser­va­tion status.

APPRAIS­AL

STAGE 1:
What is the plan or project?
Rel­ev­ant sum­mary details of pro­pos­al (includ­ing loc­a­tion, tim­ing, meth­ods, etc)
The applic­a­tion pro­pos­al is for the con­struc­tion of an art gal­lery build­ing to be con­struc­ted with­in the land­scaped car park­ing area of House of Bru­ar. The River Tay SAC is approx­im­ately 100m east at its nearest point (Bru­ar Water).
STAGE 2:
Is the plan or pro­ject dir­ectly con­nec­ted with or neces­sary for the man­age­ment of the European site for nature conservation?
No
STAGE 3:
Is the plan or pro­ject (either alone or in-com­bin­a­tion with oth­er plans or pro­jects) likely to have a sig­ni­fic­ant effect on the site(s)?
1) River Tay SAC
Clear-water lakes or lochs with aquat­ic veget­a­tion and poor to mod­er­ate nutri­ent levels: NO LSE — the nearest loch is approx­im­ately 8km down­stream. There are no obvi­ous path­ways or chan­nels from the pro­posed con­struc­tion site to the Bru­ar Water and the River Garry is sep­ar­ated from the site by the B847 and A9.
Lamprey spe­cies: NO LSE.	There are no obvi­ous path­ways or chan­nels from the pro­posed con­struc­tion site to the Bru­ar Water and the River Garry is sep­ar­ated from the site by the B847 and A9.
Atlantic sal­mon: NO LSE.	There are no obvi­ous path­ways or chan­nels from the pro­posed con­struc­tion site to the Bru­ar Water and the River Garry is sep­ar­ated from the site by the B847 and A9.
Otter: NO LSE	- No dis­turb­ance or loss of suit­able hab­it­ats for otter is con­sidered likely due to con­struc­tion with­in the busy foot­print of House of Bru­ar and the cov­er between the devel­op­ment and any suit­able rest­ing habitats.
Giv­en the lack of obvi­ous con­nectiv­ity between the pro­posed devel­op­ment and the River Tay SAC, all con­ser­va­tion meas­ures are con­sidered to be met and no adverse impact on any of the des­ig­nated fea­ture is anti­cip­ated. How­ever a pol­lu­tion pre­ven­tion plan for the con­struc­tion is recom­men­ded as good prac­tice to ensure the con­tract­ors are aware of their respons­ib­il­it­ies giv­en the prox­im­ity to the River Tay SAC.

STAGE 4:
Under­take an Appro­pri­ate Assess­ment of the implic­a­tions for the site(s) in view of the(ir) con­ser­va­tion objectives
N/A
STAGE 5:
Can it be ascer­tained that there will not be an adverse effect on site integrity?
N/A