The Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm Order 2013

Habitat management plan

15.—(1) No authorised development shall commence until a habitat management plan has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The habitat management plan shall include measures to—

(a) re-establish non-coniferous habitats;

(b) enhance habitat within previously identified plantation on ancient woodland sites identified in the environmental statement;

(c) control Japanese knotweed strands identified within the site boundary;

(d) mitigate the potential adverse impacts of the development upon bryophyte species;

(e) monitor the impact on bats in years 1, 2 and 5, with such monitoring to include mortality surveys. If, following consideration of the monitoring results the relevant planning authority reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so, further monitor and/or mitigate the impact of the authorised development on bats;

(f) monitor and if, following consideration of the monitoring results the relevant planning authority reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so, mitigate the impact of the authorised development on the population of nightjars;

(g) mitigate the impact of the access track from the A485 (Work No. 4); and

(h) deal with any other matters set out in Appendix 13.10 of the environmental statement.

(3) The habitat management plan shall identify the resources needed to carry out the relevant activities.

(4) The habitat management plan shall be implemented as approved.