Habitat Protection

Introduction

Habitat protection is fundamental to making progress on the conservation of priority habitats. It is also fundamental to progress on the priority species, most of which go together with one or more of the priority habitats. For these reasons, there is a requirement for habitat protection in every action plan.

Most habitat protection is undertaken through the statutory planning system. There has been much work in London already to ensure that this system takes account of the requirements of biodiversity conservation and this section brings together the best practice from that experience.