CONGLETON BOROUGH COUNCIL
Congleton Borough Council is committed to the principles of sustainability
and seeks to protect and enhance the abundance and diversity of the
Borough's wildlife and its habitats. The Council has undertaken an audit
of habitats, based on a Phase 1 survey, and in 2000 it adopted a Nature
Conservation Strategy.
The Borough contains a wide variety of wildlife habitats which support
many species. Within a hierarchy of sites there are:
- 12 nationally recognised Sites of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.S.I.s), one of which is also internationally recognised.
- 73 sites included in the Cheshire Register of Sites of Biological
Importance (SBI's).
- 1 Local Nature Reserve
- Various sites with designations of local value such as the Sandbach Wildlife Corridor
Nature conservation issues feature throughout many areas of the Council's work.
Examples include:
- Planning policies in the adopted Local Plan and the Local Plan First Review specifically relating to wildlife habitats and species.
- Management & enhancement of wildlife and countryside sites in Council
ownership such as Cranberry Moss Local Nature Reserve in Alsager and Brereton Heath Country Park.
- Promotion of wildlife issues through the Countryside Ranger Service, Local Agenda 21, the Congleton State of the Environment Report and the Community Planning process.
For general information contact:
Anne Donkin
Senior Landscape Officer
Congleton Borough Council
Westfields
Middlewich Road
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11 1HZ
Tel: 01270 769285 Fax: 01270 764829
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.congleton.gov.uk