Q. Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Sites of Special Scientific Interest

(asked on 7th November 2016) - View Source

Questioner

Antoinette Sandbach
(Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new sites has Natural England designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the last five years; and (a) what and (b) where each of those sites are.

Answered by

Thérèse Coffey

This question was answered on 14th November 2016

During the last five years (since 8 November 2011), Natural England has notified 21 wholly new sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. In that time, Natural England has also notified six new areas of land as extensions to existing SSSIs under sections 28B and 28C of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The 27 sites are listed below.

Name of SSSI	Unitary Authority/County	Type	Date notified
Mount Pleasant	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Hallam Barn Grasslands	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Lower Hollins	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Wall Lands	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Bradbourne Mill Meadows	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
South Lee Meadows	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Matley Moor Meadows	Derbyshire	New	23 November 2011
Lugg and Hampton Meadows	Herefordshire	Extension	14 December 2011
Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors	Dorset	Extension	8 March 2012
Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits	North Yorkshire	Extension	30 March 2012
Eppleton Grassland	Sunderland	New	27 April 2012
Benty Grange	Derbyshire	New	19 June 2012
High Marks Barn	Devon	New	6 July 2012
Ives Head	Leicestershire	New	16 October 2012
Barrow Hill and Tansey Green	Dudley	New	13 November 2012
Calender Meadows	Northamptonshire	New	23 November 2012
Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill	Medway	Extension	13 March 2013
Holly Rock Fields	Leicestershire	New	28 March 2013
Waterfall Meadows	Derbyshire	New	25 June 2013
Crich Chase	Derbyshire	New	15 August 2013
Rampisham Down	Dorset	New	22 August 2013
Clifton Ings and Rawcliffe Meadows	North Yorkshire	New	25 September 2013
Birches	Herefordshire	New	9 January 2014
New Hadley Brickpit	Telford & Wrekin	Extension	22 May 2014
Bushy Park and Home Park	Richmond upon Thames	New	5 September 2014
Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses	Cumbria	Extension	13 March 2015
Pen Park Hole	City of Bristol	New	4 August 2016

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