Special Protection Area definition
Special Protection Area means land that is within 300 feet of all protected waters (lakes and streams) and protected wetlands, identified on Department of Natural Resources (DNR) protected waters and wetlands maps and intermittent streams and ditches identified on United States Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangle maps, excluding drainage ditches with berms and segments of intermittent streams which are grassed waterways.
Special Protection Area or “SPA” means the area which is designated under Regulation 3;
Special Protection Area means an area classified by the Minister pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 1 or Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Birds Directive, as a special protection area;
Examples of Special Protection Area in a sentence
The report covered population sizes and trends, range trends, numbers within the EU Special Protection Area network, pressures and threats and conservation measures, thus representing a large package of information being collected.
A HRA will be undertaken where it is identified that any plan or programme could affect a designated Natura 2000 site (a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA), or a Ramsar site) and needs to be subject to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) – Any plan or programme which could affect a Natura 2000 site (a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA)) or Ramsar site will be subject to the Habitats Directive and will require HRA.
Since then, a substantial extent of the undamaged peatlands has been designated as a Ramsar Site and EU Special Protection Area – at 143,503 hectares one of the largest UK conservation areas.
HRA will inform the preparation of LDP2’s strategy, policies and allocations and will assess any potential impact on a designated Natura 2000 site (a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA), or a Ramsar site).
More Definitions of Special Protection Area
Special Protection Area means an area of land classified as a Special Protection Area by the Department of the Environment pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds F29 [F30as last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU of 13 May 2013] ;
Special Protection Area or “SPA” means the area which is designated under Regulation 3; “waterbird” means any bird ecologically dependent on a wetland habitat wholly, or for at least part of their annual cycle; “wetland” refers to areas of habitat containing water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, static or flowing, fresh, brackish, or marine. (2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Directive shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have in these Regulations the meaning that it has in the Directive. 3. In order to ensure the survival and reproduction of the species to which Article 4 of the Directive relates, including in particular the species specified in Schedule 3 and having taken account of the matters referred to in Article 4 of the Directive, the area referred to in Schedule 2 and further identified by reference to the maps contained in Schedule 1, is designated as a Special Protection Area. 4. (1)(a) The indicative maps contained in Schedule 1 showing the boundary of the Special Protection Area shall be drawn to such convenient scale as the Minister thinks fit and the Minister shall seal each of the maps and shall deposit them in the offices of the Minister. (b) The Minister may prepare more detailed maps, in such convenient number of separate sheets as the Minister thinks fit, showing the boundary of the Special Protection Area and shall seal each of the maps and shall deposit them in the offices of the Minister. Any dispute involving the boundary of the Special Protection Area shall be determined by reference to maps prepared under this subsection. (2) The said maps when so deposited in the said offices of the Minister shall be retained in such office and such maps, or true copies thereof, shall be open for inspection free of charge in such offices by any person at any time at which such offices are open for the transaction of public business, and it shall be lawful for the Minister to prepare and supply to any person requesting the same a true copy of the map or maps so deposited with the Minister or any particular part or sheet thereof and to charge for such copy such sum as the Minister may fix. 5. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not perform any operation or activity specified in Schedule 4 within the Special Protection Area without the prior written consent of the Minister. (2) There is no requirement to obtain the consent of the Minister if— (a) the operation or activity is licensed ...
Special Protection Area means an area of land classified as a Special Protection Area by the Department of the Environment pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds(18) (the codified version of Council Directive 79/409/EEC as amended(19));
Special Protection Area means the area classified under Regulation 3 as a Special Protection Area.
Special Protection Area means a) the Thames Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area and Ramsar Site b) the Medway Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area and Ramsar Site c) The Swale Special Protection Area and Ramsar Site designated under the Ramsar Convention and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of 39 wild birds (the codified version of Council Directive 79/409/EEC as amended) and implemented pursuant to the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended) and the acronym “SPA” shall be construed accordingly
Special Protection Area means the Thames Basin Heaths Special
Special Protection Area means the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area designated on the 9 March 2005 under the Conservation (Natural habitats, & c.) Regulations 1994 (Statutory Instrument 1994 No.2716) that derive from European Directives 92/43/EEC Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and 79/409/EEC Conservation of wild birds.