Planning – Application Comments

Comment Date: Mon 29 Sep 2025

25-01142-LBC and 25-01127-FUL - 102C Durnford St Historic Environment Response-KW.docx

Comment Date: Tue 16 Sep 2025

The Natural Infrastructure Planning Team hold no objections to this development. However, we recommend that the following informative is applied:

Informative: Bats and Breeding Birds (Buildings)
The proposed works may take place within a site/in a building with suitability for bats or breeding birds. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), bats and breeding birds are legally protected against disturbance, injury or killing and bat roosts are protected against obstruction, damage or destruction. If bats or a bat roost is present in the building, a licence to carry out the works from Natural England may be required. Please note bats are incredibly sensitive, so any alterations to buildings including roof lining, timber treatment may impact significantly upon them or their roosts. For further information please contact a suitably qualified ecologist. In practice, if any protected species are found on site (such as nesting birds, bats or reptiles) works must cease immediately, and a suitably qualified Ecologist consulted.

Please use the new Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan Supplementary Planning Document, Adopted July 2020 or if you require further guidance please contact niplanning@plymouth.gov.uk to arrange an NI planning surgery slot.

Kind regards

Natural Infrastructure Planning Team

Comment Date: Wed 03 Sep 2025

There are no objections to this application from a LHA viewpoint.