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New Development Pictures - The Augusta Park Development in Andover. 23rd August, 2018 A DEAL has been agreed to protect habitats in the Solent from nitrates. Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) is moving forward with new policy which is aimed at helping to protect internationally designated habitats in the Solent. Credits have been purchased by the council from countryside land in the South of the borough to help mitigate increases in nitrates from new developments. This comes as excessive nitrates in the water are said to be having an adverse impact on habitats and species. Over the past two years, following Natural England advice, planning applications for residential development and overnight accommodation submitted to the council have required mitigation for any potential impact from the additional levels of nitrates they would generate from wastewater and land use change.