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Special Nature Conservation Orders and stop notices
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
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Applies to:
An
SNCO describes the activities that are likely to destroy or damage protected habitats or species. You need consent from Natural England or Natural Resources Wales (
NRW) to carry out a restricted activity at a site that has an
SNCO. Examples of restricted activities include, off-road driving, bonfires and bait digging.
SNCOs apply to European sites. These are:
Special Areas of Conservation (
If you’ve completed an appropriate assessment and intend to allow a plan or project with adverse effects to go ahead under an
HRA derogation, you must notify the relevant government department.
You must do this and wait 21 days before you permit the project, carry it out yourself or approve or adopt the plan.
You should download this derogation notice and save it to you computer to fill it in. Remember to save it or you will lose the information you have input.
Submit your derogation notice
Send your completed derogation notice form by post or email. Send or attach relevant supporting documents when you submit this form.
Decide if the proposal is a plan or project
You should decide whether the proposal is a plan, a project or neither. Any proposal that might have an impact on a European site is likely to be a plan or project.
If you’re sure that the proposal is not a plan or a project, you do not need to carry out an
HRA. You must still consider your general duty to protect, conserve and restore European sites before you make a decision or carry out your own work.
You should give the terms ‘plan’ and ‘project’ a very broad meaning to cover a wide range of activities.
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