View documents issued by the Sussex Wildlife Trust and its partners to advise on how nature conservation can be incorporated into strategic planning matters.

• Sussex Wildlife Trust Planning Guidance - Biodiversity And Planning In Sussex (pdf 4.4MB)
  Sussex Wildlife Trust has produced this guidance document to help those involved in planning in Sussex ensure that development within the county protects and enhances our valuable local biodiversity.
  We would like to acknowledge Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Environmental Record Centre. Their planning guidance can be viewed here

• Make the Connection (pdf 250KB)
  An ecological network for Sussex - In order to harness the benefits of natural systems, we need to plan a robust, adaptable natural environment within our modern landscape. This can be done by enhancing, expanding and linking our wildlife habitats which are currently isolated.

  To find out more on this, please visit our Living Landscape pages

• Landscape Buffer Strips (pdf 628KB)
  For the protection of trees, woods and other wildlife habitats - This document provides information on Landscape Buffer Strips and offers guidance on their sizing and implementation.

• Natural Environment & Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006, Section 40 (pdf 4,213KB)
  Local authority services and biodiversity - This leaflet should act as a source of inspiration for how you can have clear regard for biodiversity in your work. Practical examples show how a local authorities can take effective action for biodiversity conservation.

• Living Landscape Policy Cards
  Policy cards produced by The Wildlife Trusts for a recent parliamentary event to celebrate the milestone of reaching 100 Living Landscape schemes across the UK.
  

• Planning Act 2008
  The Planning Act 2008 was granted Royal Assent on 26 November 2008. The Act builds on the proposals set out in the Planning White Paper and introduces a new system for nationally significant infrastructure planning, alongside further reforms to the town and country planning system and the introduction of a Community Infrastructure Levy.

• Planning Policy Statements (PPS)
  PPS are supplied by the government after public consultation to explain statutory provisions and provide guidance to local authorities and others on planning policy and the operation of the planning system.

  They also explain the relationship between planning policies and other policies which have an important bearing on issues of development and land use.

  Go to the Communities & Local Government website to view all 11 PPS.