
VEGETATION AND HABITATS
The distributions and types of fauna and flora are really important in landscape. Firstly, the key species mean that they are suit to plant or live in here, and people can identify the character of the site as well. In additional, when landscaper design in one area, they should preserve and this original species as possible.
Local Wildlife Sites

Registered Parks and Garden Locations

Tree Preservation Orders - Areas, Groups and Woodlands

Tree Preservation Orders - Individual Trees

Birch 1

Birch 2

Dog rose
KEY VEGETATION SPECIES

Sycamore

Holly

Ash 1

Ash 2



Beech 123

Oak 1

Oak 2

Pine tree 1

Pine tree 2

Bramble

Gorse

Reed grass

Black-tailed Godwit

Dulin

Redshank
ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES

Barnacle Goose

Red-throated Diver


Storm Petrel
Eurasian Teal

DESIGNATIONS
Green belt and countryside
Forty-two percent of the borough is classified as Green Belt with Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich either encompassed or adjoining the Green Belt. The key service centres of Cuddington and Sandiway, Frodsham, Helsby and Neston and Parkgate are inset within the Green Belt although there are a large number of the smaller rural settlements that are washed over by Green Belt.

Policy ENV 28: Development proposals within internationally important sites and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, within their spheres of influence and consultation zones or within sites proposed for such designation, will be refused unless it is clearly demonstrated that the site would not be either directly or indirectly adversely affected, or where potential adverse effects are identified, mitigation measures would overcome them.
ENV 4 Biodiversity and geodiversity: The Local Plan will safeguard and enhance biodiversity and geodiversity through the identification and protection of sites and/or features of international, national and local importance.
Sites will be protected from loss or damage taking account of: 1. The hierarchy of designations of international, national and local importance 2. The irreplaceability of habitats, sites and/or features and contribution to the borough's ecological network of sites and features 3. Impact on priority habitats and protected/priority species

Local wildlife sites
Ramsar wetland sites / SPAs (Special Protection Areas)

SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest)
Biodiversity is the variety of life including not only the rare protected species and habitats but the whole of the natural environment. The areas biodiversity resource is not confined to the nationally and locally designated sites such as sites of special scientific interest, local nature reserves and sites of biological importance but includes features such as trees woodlands, hedges and ponds and gardens. While many of these features do not merit individual protection, they nevertheless can form a valuable part of the overall biodiversity resource.
Biodiversity is important to the environmental, social and economic well being and therefore needs to be considered strategically. It can deliver benefits including quality of life, education, healthy living and links with the towns historical development.
Government policy outlines that an indication should be given to the location of designated sites of importance for biological and geological interest, with policies making clear distinctions between the hierarchy of international , national, regional and locally designated sites and any areas of sites for the restoration of or creation of new priority habitats should be identified and supported through appropriate policies. The most important sites for biodiversity are those identified through international conventions and European Directives and should be identified on proposals maps.
Geodiversity, or geological diversity, is the variety of rocks fossils, minerals and natural processes. It can also be defines as "the link between people, landscape and their culture - the variety of geological environments, phenomena and processes that make those landscape rocks, minerals, fossils and soils which provide the framework for life on earth".
Some forms of development should be seen as having the possibility to enhance and increase the diversity of habitats.
National Indicator 197 (DEFRA) is about bringing the designated sites under good management and protection. The indicator measures actions undertaken at local level.