Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

APPEAL UNDER THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

Appeal under section 28F(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, against the refusal of consent by English Nature on 7 January 2005, relating to land notified as Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Sandford, Wareham, Dorset.
Notice is hereby given that an Inspector, appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will hold an inquiry into this appeal against the refusal of consent by English Nature to permit the development of a Christmas tree nursery on land forming part of Holton and Sandford Heaths SSSI, which forms part of the Dorset Heaths Special Area of Conservation and Dorset Heathlands Special Protection Area and Ramsar site.
The inquiry will commence at the Council Chamber, Swanage Town Hall, High Street, Swanage BH19 9NZ, on Wednesday 12 October 2005, at 10.00 am.
Interested persons may attend this inquiry. If you wish to submit written representations about the appeal, please send them to Christopher Lewis at the address below quoting Ref NSAP12, at least 7 days before the inquiry date. Any representations made will be copied to English Nature and to the appellant and will be made publicly available upon request.
Defra, Room 1/07b, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB.