Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)

The Habitats Regulations Assessment consists of a number of documents which detail the HRA that was carried out at every stage of the LDP's preparation.

All of the HRA carried out at these stages can be accessed via the Council's LDP webpages.

For ease of reference, the final iterations of these documents, including Appendices, have been identified in the table below, where there is a description of the document accompanied by a link to the document itself.

• Document Title: Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report
• Description: Full Report of the whole LDP
• Date: June 2015
• Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report (2015) (PDF) [1MB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 1 - Site Characteristics
• Description: Characteristics of European sites assessed
• Date: June 2015
• HRA -  Appendix 1 - Site Characteristics (PDF) [4MB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 2 - European Site Maps
• Description: Maps of European sites assessed - coverage and overview map
• Date: June 2015
• HRA - Appendix 2 - European Site Maps - Cover and Overview Map (PDF) [535KB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 2 - European Site Maps
• Description: Maps of European sites assessed (alphabetically arranged)
• Date: June 2015
• HRA - Appendix 2 - European Site Maps - A to Coe (PDF) [20MB]
• HRA - Appendix 2 - European Site Maps - Cor - Ela (PDF) [21MB]
• HRA - Appendix 2 - European Site Maps - Ele - Mig (PDF) [19MB]
• HRA - Appendix 2 - European Site Maps - Mon - Usk (PDF) [25MB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 3 - Site Vulnerabilities
• Description: European site vulnerabilities
• Date: June 2015
• HRA - Appendix 3 - Site Vulnerabilities (PDF) [250KB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 4 - Qualifying Species Migration
• Description: Determination of appropriate buffers for qualifying species involved in migration
• Date: June 2015
• HRA Appendix 4 - Qualifying Species Migration (PDF) [44KB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 5 - Plans, Programmes, Projects
• Description: Assessment of Plans, Projects and Programmes
• Date: June 2015
• HRA Appendix 5 - Plans, Programmes, Projects (PDF) [1MB]

• Document Title:  Appendix 6 - Assessment of Policies
• Description: Assessment of LDP Policies
• Date: June 2015
• HRA Appendix 6 - Assessment of Policies (PDF) [239KB]

• Document Title:  HRA Screening of Focussed Changes
• Description: Assessment of Proposed Focussed Changes (FC)
• Date: January 2016
• HRA Assessment of Proposed Focussed Changes (Jan 2016) (PDF) [347KB]

• Document Title:  HRA Screening of Further Focussed Changes
• Description: Assessment of Proposed Further Focussed Changes (FFC)
• Date: October 2016
• HRA Assessment of Proposed Further Focussed Changes (Oct 2016) (PDF) [518KB]

• Document Title: HRA Screening of Matters Arising Changes
• Description: Assessment of Matters Arising Changes (MACs) and Minor Matters Arising Changes
• Date: September 2017
• HRA Assessment of Matters Arising Changes (September 2017) (PDF) [1MB]

• Document Title: HRA Screening of Inspector's Matters Arising Changes
• Description: Assessment of Inspector's Matters Arising Changes (IMACs)
• Date: April 2018
• HRA Assessment of Inspector’s Matters Arising Changes (April 2018) (PDF) [423KB]