Where a proposed development is likely to affect species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 , the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, and / or species of principal importance listed under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, the applicant must submit an up-to-date Protected Species Survey and Assessment.
Protected species surveys and assessments must be submitted up-front with a planning application. Planning applications cannot be determined until surveys have been done to an acceptable standard, in accordance with paragraph 99 of Government Circular 06/2005.
For more information on the need to submit a Protected Species Survey, please view Appendix III of Leicestershire Councils' Planning Application Requirements. This explains when a survey might be needed, and what it should include. For further advice and guidance, please contact the Council’s Nature Conservation Officer.
