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We do not accept that this application is exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements under Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the following reasons:
1. The redline area exceeds 25 square metres.
2. There are two Lime trees on site with stem diameters of 72 and 73 centimetres respectively. On this basis, each trees is categorised at Large Individual urban trees habitat under the Statutory Metric and each has a habitat area of 0.0366 hectares, making a combined habitat area of 732 square metres.
On these two bases, this application is not exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements under Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and a Statutory Metric calculation and assessment is required.
Position : Objects Comment Submitted
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