SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 78·6.176
Permission Criteria for European and Ramsar Sites
Planning permission will only be granted for development that is not likely to have a significant effect on European Sites (SPAs, SACs, and related designations) or Ramsar sites, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects.
Planning permission will only be granted for a development proposal that, either individually or in combination with existing and/or proposed plans or projects, is not likely to have a significant effect on:
• a European Site (Special Protection Area, proposed Special Protection Area, Special Areas of Conservation, candidate Special Areas of Conservation and Sites of Community Importance); or
• a listed or proposed Ramsar site.
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