How should we implement the BAP?

Heather Ball

BAP Coordinator

• Identifies priorities• Good practice

• Habitats

• Species

Action Plan

Individual Action Plans

• Where?• What?

• Why?• How?

Targets

What/Where When How much?

Actions

In practice

•Proposed development or HLS Scheme

Daventry District

Acid Grassland target area

Arable

Create acid grassland

When to use the BAP

• Environmental projects

• Planning applications

• Planning Policy formulation• Community strategies

• Green infrastructure• Land management

What’s important & where?

Evidence and support for funding

Early design stages; huge potential

Longer term protection and support for delivery

Maintain, restore and create; increase connectivity

Online BAPwww.northamptonshirebiodiversity.org

• Whole document download• Summary pages for each action plan

• Separate table download