Harrogate Borough Council

Harrogate District BAP is a pooling of information by groups and individuals interested in the District's wildlife habitats, flora and fauna.  This Partnership, led by Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council with support from Natural England, has drawn up an Action Programme to conserve and enhance the District's wildlife,  The draft BAP document can be downloaded from the pdf links below (or can be read in hard copy at the reference section of the District's libraries)

 

The document comprises an Introduction, 15 Habitat Action Plans (HAPs), 7 Species Action Plans (SAPs) and an Action Programme and outlines the national and local policy framework that protects it.  There's also an overview of the District's wildlife.  The 15 HAPS are considered the District's most important wildlife habitats and they include over 100 local priority species.  Usually, action to protect and enhance the habitat will also benefit its priority species, but the 7 SAPs cover species needing specific actions, or those which when conserved, will benefit other wildlife.  The Action Programme includes 'targets' to conserve and enhance biodiversity and 'actions' needed to achieve them.  The BAP is a 'snapshot in time' but will be a useful reference tool and a basis for ongoing monitoring of the District's wildlife - and for future projects to secure and enhance biodiversity. 

 

All comments received will be carefully considered and may lead to amendments of the BAP.  It is hoped that the final version will be presented for Cabinet approval towards the end of 2008.