NE RDE340 Updating and Refining the Nitrogen Decision Framework App Walkthrough

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1 year ago

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10 months ago

Description

Natural England's (NE's) site survey 
assessment methodology does not explicitly account for air quality as it was not designed to do so. 
Nationally, we need to know how nitrogen may be affecting and potentially slowing our ability to 
achieve favourable condition on sites in England. This could also influence the advice we issue to 
applicants submitting proposals for new plans and projects (such as developments and planning 
applications) from which emissions of air pollutants could lead to harmful impacts on a designated 
site. This project aims to provide more certainty regarding the potential for such a proposal to 
undermine the conservation objective.

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