Crom and Knocknabrass, Newtownbutler, BT92 8FE
Discharge of conndition 08 on planning approval LA10/2022/0777/F (Paths,gates,bpllards, car parking) No development activity, including ground preparation or vegetation clearance, shall take place until a Habitat Management Plan (HMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The approved HMP shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and all works on site shall conform to the approved HMP, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council. The HMP shall include the following: a) Clear aims and objectives of proposed habitat management/restoration; b) Description of pre-construction, baseline habitat conditions; c) Appropriate maps, clearly identifying habitat management areas; d) Detailed methodology and prescriptions of habitat management and restoration measures, including timescales, and with defined criteria for the success of the measures; e) Details of the prohibition of habitat damaging activities, including agricultural activities; f) Details of the regular monitoring of the effectiveness of habitat management and restoration measures using appropriate methodology (e.g. visual inspections, vegetation quadrats, fixed point photography) g) Details of the production of regular monitoring reports which shall be submitted to the Council within 6 months of the end of each monitoring year and which shall include details of contingency measures should monitoring reveal unfavourable results. Reason: To compensate for the loss of and damage to Northern Ireland priority habitats and to mitigate for impacts to priority species/breeding birds.