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Natural light

Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit

General Information Report 35 Daylighting for sports halls, 1997
This report looks at; enhanced lighting quality using daylight; control of artificial lighting; associated design issues, such as heating and ventilation and; the energy and cost savings that can be achieved by the use of daylight.
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Building Research Establishment

Report 209 Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight - a guide to good practice, 1998
This guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting, within buildings and in the open spaces between them. It provides advice on the planning of the external environment. If these guidelines on site layout are followed, there is the potential to achieve good daylighting in new buildings, to retain it in existing buildings nearby, and to protect the daylighting of adjoining land for future development. Other sections give guidance on passive solar site layout, on the sunlighting of gardens and amenity areas, and briefly review issues like privacy, enclosure, microclimate, road layout and security. The appendices contain methods to quantify access to sunlight and daylight within a layout.
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Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

Lighting Guides LG 10 Daylighting and window design, 1999
This guide signals the need for designers, whether architects or engineers, to consider the interrelated aspects of window performance such as solar heat gain, winter heat loss, provision of view, acoustic performance, privacy, security and protection from fire and to determine priorities for their relative importance.
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James and James (Science Publishers)

Daylight design of buildings: a handbook for architects and engineers, 2001
Provides a compendium of upto- date knowledge of daylight design. Discusses daylight from early design decisions affecting daylight to detail window and shading design, lighting controls linked to daylight and the evaluation of projects. Emphasizes the importance of daylight on architectural expression and on creating interior moods. Daylight is viewed not only as a technical matter but also a sensory experience affecting our understanding of architecture and space. Explains what type of analysis each of the available tools provides, from rules of thumb to manual calculation methods; computer based modelling and physical models. Detailed photometric data and description of the tools is also given.

Natural ventilation

Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit

Good Practice Case Study 19 South Staffordshire Water Company, Green Lane, Walsall. New offices designed to maximise natural lighting and minimise heating requirements, 1991
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Good Practice Case Study 20 Refuge house, Wilmslow, Cheshire. New owner occupied offices designed for both natural ventilation and air conditioning, 1991
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New Practice Case Study 118 Comfort without air conditioning in refurbished offices: an assessment of possibilities, 2000
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Building Research Establishment

Information Paper 6/89 Use of BREFAN to measure the airtightness of non-domestic buildings, 1989
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Information Paper 21/89 Passive stack ventilation in dwellings, 1989
Passive stack ventilation (PSV) is a means of providing simple extract ventilation in the 'wet' rooms (e.g. kitchens and bathrooms) of dwellings. Comprehensive guidance on the performance of PSV systems is not yet available, and research continues. This paper gives interim advice, based on current knowledge, on the design and installation of PSV systems in single- or two-storey dwellings, and discusses the key factors affecting performance. It is intended to assist designers of PSV systems, such as housing architects and services engineers, in making decisions.
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Information Paper 13/94 Passive stack ventilation systems: design and installation, 1994
Passive stack ventilation is a means of removing unwanted moisture from dwellings. The proper design and installation of these systems is vital to their successful performance. This paper gives detailed guidance on this subject and is in support of the 1995 edition of the Approved Document to Part F of the Building Regulations.
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Information Paper 4/98 Night ventilation for cooling office buildings, 1998
Night ventilation is a low-energy strategy for cooling a building, providing a more comfortable environment for the occupants during hot daytime periods. It works by using natural or mechanical ventilation to cool the surfaces of the building fabric at night so that they can absorb heat during the day. This paper describes the weather and building design conditions for an effective application of the technique to office buildings. It discusses suitable control strategies and the potential energy saved, some of which can be used for operating fans and other parts of the system.
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Report 375 Natural ventilation in atria for environmental and smoke control: an introductory guide, 1999
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Digest 399 Natural ventilation in non-domestic buildings, 1994
Adequate ventilation is essential for the well being and health of building occupants and the provision of fresh air was traditionally met by natural means. This approach has partly given way to air conditioning in response to the perceived need to cool modern buildings, which tended to suffer from high solar heat gains, poor natural daylighting and use of many energy intensive appliances. Increased concern over the adverse environmental impact of energy use has encouraged the design and construction of energy efficient buildings, many of them suited to natural ventilation. It can provide year round comfort, with good user control, at minimum capital cost and with negligible maintenance. This Digest gives the professional design team and building users background information and design guidance on using natural ventilation in energy efficient non-domestic buildings.
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Report 431 Cooling buildings in London: overcoming the heat island, 2001
Presents the results of a long-term monitoring experiment to measure air temperatures at 80 sites around London. Summertime temperatures were then used in a model for a typical office building. Also outlines techniques to reduce the effects of the heat island by careful design including: Alternative cooling strategies, encouraging wind flow and ventilation, using trees, green areas and water features and solar shading.
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Building Services Research and Information Association

Technical Note TN 11/95 Control of natural ventilation, 1995
This technical note provides guidance on the application of BMS (Building Management System) controls to natural ventilation and presents a number of generic control strategies for natural ventilation, mixed-mode ventilation and night cooling. Procedures for commissioning and fine tuning buildings using these strategies are described, together with appropriate control setpoints. An analysis of the costs of buildings utilising various ventilation types is provided.
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Research Report 5/96 Night cooling control strategies, 1996
Night cooling offers the potential to minimise or completely avoid the use of mechanical cooling and to improve the environmental conditions in naturally ventilated buildings. However, in order to realise the full potential of night cooling systems adoption of the appropriate control strategies is essential. A programme of research has been carried out by BSRIA to identify and verify the performance of control strategies for night cooling that can be used for both active, passive and mixed mode systems and to address the issues relating to their effective application. This report describes the research carried out.
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Technical Note TN 8/98 Refurbishment of air-conditioned buildings for natural ventilation, 1998
This guidance for refurbishing air-conditioned buildings to utilise natural ventilation is aimed at buildings where consideration is being given to the removal of mechanical ventilation and/or mechanical cooling plant. The guidance is also particularly appropriate where conventional naturally ventilated buildings are to be upgraded to incorporate passive cooling techniques. The use of mechanical ventilation as part of a mixed mode solution is not precluded however, as it is the only viable option in some cases.
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Specification 10/98 Air tightness specifications, 1998
This publication covers; offices, factories and warehouses, cold stores, dwellings, museum and archival storage, and retail stores.
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Technical Note TN 4/99 Air distribution in naturally ventilated offices, 1999
The main purpose of this study was to provide guidelines on the factors required to achieve successful natural ventilation in offices in summer by the use of openable windows. A combination of physical and computer modelling was used to examine the limiting conditions for natural ventilation through one external facade to be effective in providing a comfortable and healthy indoor environment on a still, warm summer day. The first section of this document contains the design guidelines. Subsequent sections summarise the research and the findings from which the guidelines were compiled.
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Guidance Note 7/2000 Making natural ventilation work, 2000
Provides information for building managers and occupants to optimise their natural ventilation systems. Case studies have been developed to illustrate particular points, and details of natural ventilation related products are provided in the appendices. Document is arranged in two main parts. An introduction to natural ventilation in buildings and effective operation, and the main operational issues that affect the performance of naturally ventilated buildings.
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Building Applications Guide BG 2/2005 Wind-driven natural ventilation systems, 2005
Covers how wind-driven ventilation works, performance factors, siting and installation, meteorological data, automatic controls, test method, design and sizing methodology, worked examples, commissioning, CFD modelling, and examples of use.
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Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

Applications Manual AM 13 Mixed mode ventilation, 2000
'Mixed mode' is the term used to describe servicing strategies that combine natural ventilation with mechanical ventilation and/or cooling in the most effective manner. This manual includes guidance on the range of issues relating to mixed mode design, operation and maintenance that are likely to affect the actions of the CIBSE member.
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Applications Manual AM 10 Natural ventilation in non-domestic buildings (2005 revision), 2005
Covers a review of the strategic issues to a detailed development of design techniques, and deals with; developing the design strategy; a review of ventilation components and how they should be integrated into an overall design philosophy; and design calculations.
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Technical Memoranda TM 23 Testing buildings for air leakage, 2000
Describes how by understanding and appreciating the need for airtight construction in the early stages of design, building engineers and designers will achieve the high controllable ventilation standards demanded by clients. Shows why it is necessary to carry out air leakage testing, sets out acceptable rates of air filtration, and explains what can be done when problems are discovered.
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Nature conservation, etc

Arboricultural Association

Leaflet 12 Trees, subsidence and other structural damage: a householders guide, 2000
Looks at subsidence and common misconceptions, the principle causes of building damage, how trees can damage buildings, risk assessment and action to be taken.
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Arboricultural Practice Notes 1 Driveways close to trees, 1996
Development of a site, including construction of access routes, driveways and parking areas can result in damage to nearby tree roots. This report describes construction techniques which may avoid or lessen root damage.

Guidance Note 1 Trees and bats. 2nd edition, 2002
Provides information and advice to Local Authority Arboricultural officers within the U. K. in respect of bats, their conservation, and habitat management. Looks at life history, bats and the law, biodiversity action plans, surveying, statutory consultation, planning issues, local liaison, training and licence requirements, tree pruning, felling, woodland maintenance and habitat improvement.

Arboriculture Research Note 108/92/EXT Tree roots and foundations, 1992
Advises on how understanding and correct assessment of the risks of tree roots growing near buildings, can prevent damage from occurring, and how correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment can minimise the costs where damage has occurred.

Guidance Note 3 Planting and managing amenity woodlands (revised edition), 2006
The planting and management of woodlands in Britain has suffered numerous changes over the past two centuries. This booklet is intended to provide a basic introduction to woodland planting and management where the primary objective is amenity.
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Guidance Note 4 Visual amenity valuation of trees and woodlands (The Helliwell system). 3rd edition, 2003
This document provides methods of assessment of the contribution made by trees and woodlands to the amenity of a locality.
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Association of Metropolitan Authorities

Environment act 1995: a guide for local authorities, 1995
Informs local authorities about the contents of the Act, the new duties and responsibilities it contains and discusses the outstanding issues that will need to be resolved in the future.
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Barn Owl Trust

Barn owls on site: a guide for developers and planners, 1995
Designed to present a positive approach to the development of occupied barn owl sites and to provide planners and developers with background information on the barn owl and the problems it faces. Includes steps that can be taken to minimise the effect of the redevelopment on any birds which may be resident.
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Building Research Establishment

Information Paper 7/06 Pruning trees to reduce water use. Summaries of research - conclusions and recommendations, 2006
Summarises the results of a series of experiments conducted by East Malling Research and Cambridge University over five years to assess if soil drying by trees could be controlled by branch pruning. Two standard pruning techniques were used to reduce the crown size of mature trees. An alternative approach for newly planted trees was also investigated, using a geotextile membrane to limit tree roots growth.
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Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

Policy Position Statement 3 Nature conservation and urban greenspace, 1998
The purpose of this Policy Position Statement is to advocate the importance of nature conservation in urban areas and to encourage the integration of its purpose and practice into the management of urban green space.
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CIRIA

Publication C645 Guide to rabbit management, 2006
Offers advice for those who may need to manage rabbit populations and considers the options available. Looks at rabbit damage, control methods, the history of rabbits in Europe, rabbit ecology and biology, myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD).
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Publication C613 Working with wildlife pocket book, 2004
To give site operators and managers easy to use, concise and practical advice relevant to the variety of species likely to be encountered on site. Key issues concerned are identification of species, where and when and what to do when finding these species. Covers Amphibians, Badgers, Bats, Birds, White-clawed crayfish, Dormouse, Fish, Foxes, Great crested newt, Invertebrates, Common mammals, Mink, Natterjack toad, Otter, Feral Pigeon, Pine marten, Invasive plants, Rats, Reptiles, Grey Squirrel, Red squirrel and Water vole.
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Council for National Parks

Natural assets: mineral working in National Parks, 1993
Individual National Parks are nationally important suppliers of special minerals such as potash, fluorspar and china clay, but it is aggregate minerals - limestone, sandstone, igneous rocks etc - mainly for the construction industry, which dominate the mineral supplies from the Parks. This report looks at the issues surrounding mineral working in such settings.
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Saw points: protecting hedges, trees, woodlands, and orchards, 1991
This report discusses how best to protect hedges, trees, woodlands and orchards.
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National Parks for life: not ours, but ours to look after, 1996
The purpose of this report is to encourage better environmental performance from companies in National Parks in order to protect and enhance the Parks' qualities for future generations, not at the expense of other areas but for the benefit of the environment in general.
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National Parks for life: an agenda for action, 1997
This report has been prepared as part of a major CNP project, supported by the Dennis Curry Charitable Trust, on how to protect and use National Parks in an environmentally sustainable way.
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Council for the Protection of Rural England

Leisure landscapes: leisure, culture and the English countryside, 1994
This study, written and co-ordinated by the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change at Lancaster University for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, explores the far-reaching implications of new issues in the field of leisure and tourism.
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Our wealth of woods, 1993
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Land use and forestry, 1989
This publication is divided into the following sections; objectives of forestry policy; assessment of forestry subsidies; securing the environmental interest and; forestry commission structure and status.
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Ponds, 1994
Ponds play a vital role in our countryside. However, they are often overlooked and thousands have been damaged or have simply disappeared because of pollution, development, neglect and land drainage. This leaflet explains why this matters, what should be done, and how the reader can help.
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Wildlife and countryside act revisited, 1984
This publication is divided into seven sections; introduction; the Act in context; financial guidelines for management agreements; national parks; the wider countryside; recommendations for reform - and proposed amendments and; appendices.
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Survey that hedge!, 1998
This checklist is intended to help the reader to record information about hedgerows that are important, in a form that will help local authorities implementing the new Hedgerow Regulations.
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Hedging your bets: is hedgerow legislation gambling with our heritage?, 1999
Hedgerow Regulations were first introduced in 1997. This report presents the first regional view of how they are being implemented in England. It reveals significant regional variation in hedgerow protection and is based on a survey of local authorities throughout England.
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Campaigners' guide to trees and woods, 1996
The purpose of this guide is to help people to nurture the landscape of trees and woods around us all. It describes the procedures for controlling and influencing tree planting, tree felling and the sound environmental management of trees, and how to use these opportunities effectively.
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Hedge facts!, 1998
This leaflet gives a history of hedges.
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Policy Position Statement Hedgerows, 2006
CPRE's policy on hedgerows.
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Council of Europe

Environmental Encounters 26 Landscape diversity: a chance for the rural community to achieve a sustainable future, 1996
Report of the 2nd Pan-European Seminar on Rural Landscapes organised by the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Environment Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of Poland and the Research Centre for Agricultural and Forest Environment of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Poznan, 25-30th September 1995.
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Countryside Commission

Green capital: planning for London's greenspace, 1991
This publication covers a wide range of issues including; green belt, metropolitan open land, commons, agriculture, green chains and green corridors, flood plains, trees and woodland, pollution, recreation in green space and, promotion and interpretation.
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Department for Communities and Local Government

Green and public space research: mapping and priorities, 2006
Aims to map existing and future research into public and green space, to identify gaps in order to help set priorities for future research, and to develop a freely accessible and searchable database of all research.
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Research for Amenity Trees No. 8 Tree roots in the built environment, 2006
Areas covered are: soil conditions and roots; growth and functions of roots; urban soils for amenity trees; establishment of young trees; water supply and drought amelioration for amenity trees; coping with soil contamination; protecting trees during excavation; causes and control of damage to tree roots on construction sites; tree root damage to buildings; tree root damage to pavements and low-rise structures; tree root damage to sewers, drains and pipes and research needs and sustainability.
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Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Green spaces, better places - final report of the Urban Green Spaces Taskforce, 2002
The report places emphasis on the benefits urban parks and green spaces bring to people, neighbourhoods and cities. Considers some of the problems affecting urban parks and green spaces and how they might be overcome. Makes recommendations for good practice and an effective Strategic Policy Framework as well as how to deliver a wider vision of 'liveable' sustainable, modern towns and cities.
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Green spaces, better places - summary of the final report of the Urban Green Spaces Taskforce, 2002
The report places emphasis on the benefits urban parks and green spaces bring to people, neighbourhoods and cities. Considers some of the problems affecting urban parks and green spaces and how they might be overcome. Makes recommendations for good practice and an effective Strategic Policy Framework as well as how to deliver a wider vision of 'liveable' sustainable, modern towns and cities.
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Department of the Environment

Trees in towns, 1993
This publication reports the findings of a study investigating the character and distribution of trees in towns in England.
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Urban tree strategies, 1994
This publication covers urban tree strategies and their costs and benefits. It includes 10 individual case studies.
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Reclamation of damaged land for nature conservation, 1996
Intended to assist central and local government, the minerals industry, land restoration agencies, consultants and other relevant organisations and non-professionals when dealing with the assessment, protection, creation and management of nature conservation interest on damaged land.
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Greening the city: a guide to good practice, 1996
Explores the range of benefits that the appropriate greening of urban developments can provide, in addition to simply improving the appearance of sites.
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Principles of tree hazard assessment and management, 1999
Provides practical guidance on the recognition, evaluation and management of hazards in trees.
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Review of the hedgerow regulations 1997, 1998
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English Heritage

Register of parks and gardens, 1999
This leaflet, illustrated with examples of the great variety of registered sites, explains how and why the Register was created, the criteria used for selecting sites and advice on how to go about suggesting new sites for registration.
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Changing London - an historic city for a changing world, 2002
Looks at the historic environment - gardens, parks and landscapes, waterways, buildings, streets, public spaces - which provide the texture of the city, its quality and its diversity. Focuses on the importance of conserving London's historic environment.
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English Nature

Environmentally sustainable forestry and woodland management, 1994
Position statement on environmentally sustainable forestry and woodland management.
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SSSIs: what you should know about Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 1994
This publication is divided into 5 main sections; the notification of SSSIs, the legal implications of notification, financial provisions for SSSIs, landlords and tenants, and access to the land.
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Rebuilding the English countryside: habitat and wildlife corridors as issues in practical conservation, 1995
This publication looks at; fragmentation effects in the English landscape; colonisation, corridors and mitigation; and asks what habitats and species are sensitive to fragmentation.
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Sites of importance for nature conservation, 1995
Position statement on sites of importance for nature conservation.
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Nature conservation strategies: the way forward, 1994
This document sets out to provide a concise aid to local authorities contemplating nature conservation strategies. It talks about the benefits, methods of preparation, possible contents, implementation and monitoring of a nature conservation strategy. Along the way it highlights some relevant case histories, facts and figures.
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Impact of water abstraction on wetland SSSIs, 1996
This report details work done under contract to English Nature, concerning the vulnerability to nearby surface water and groundwater abstraction for public and private water supply, of some 152 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
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Nature conservation guidelines for renewable energy projects, 1994
English Nature commissioned this report in order to identify the likely nature conservation implications of renewable energy developments and for wind farm proposals in particular, to give guidance on siting criteria to minimise the nature conservation impact.
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Water vole: guidance for planners and developers, 1999
This guidance note includes advice on; water voles and planning; a brief guide to site survey; legal protection; the law in practice; and water voles and development.
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Nature conservation in environmental assessment, 1994
The aim of this handbook is to provide guidance to developers, local authorities and others involved in the process of Environmental Assessment on the treatment of nature conservation issues.
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Space for nature, 1996
This publication looks at why natural green spaces are important.
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Great crested newts: guidelines for developers, 1997
Aims to inform developers, and anyone else involved in changing the use of land where newts might live, about their legal obligations. Looks at the conditions great crested newts need to survive, and ways in which they can be protected, while also taking into account the needs of the developers.
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Strategic environmental assessment and nature conservation, 1996
This report suggests a range of practical approaches that may help someone who is preparing or reviewing an SEA to do so more effectively.
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Roads and nature conservation: guidance on impacts, mitigation and enhancements, 1994
Provides guidance on handling nature conservation resources in the context of the planning and design of new road schemes. Identifies the range of potential impacts on natural resources, and seeks to establish high standards of good practice for their mitigation.
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Planning for wildlife in towns and cities, 1994
Provides a brief guide to planning for wildlife in towns and cities and is intended as a useful reference point for planners, local authority members and voluntary groups.
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Enterprise Ayrshire

Blueprint for a green landscape: a developers' guide to creating a more ecological environment, 1994
This book gives guidance towards creating a green landscape.
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Environment and Heritage Service

Badgers and development, 2004
Aims to provide developers and planners with an overview of the subject of badgers, the implications of potential development and the current associated protective legislation. It provides a framework for ensuring the adequate measures are in place to protect badgers from the possible consequences of development.
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European Commission

Directive 92/43/EEC Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, 1992
Directive aiming to contribute towards ensuring bio-diversity through the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Trees outside forests: towards better awareness, 2002
This document explores the differences between field trees and forest resources, for there is a need to describe and comprehend the dynamics of trees and shrubs on rural and urban land and their interaction with forest dynamics for policy makers and planners. Aims to lead to a better understanding of off-forest tree management and towards integrated and sustainable management of natural resources an of forest, farm, pastoral and urban land.
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Forestry Commission

Forest landscape design guidelines, 1994
These guidelines are intended to provide applicants for the Woodland Grant Scheme and applicants for felling licences with an outline of the principles and practical applications of forest design.
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Lowland landscape design guidelines, 1992
Intended to give landowners, land managers and their advisers an understanding of the existing landscape, and guidance on how proposals for planting and other forest work can be designed in sympathy with the best features of the landscape.
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Community woodland design guidelines, 1991
Will be of assistance to anyone involved in planning, designing and managing community woodlands. Sections 2 - 4 are primarily aimed at planners, landscape architects and the larger landowners. Section 5 deals with principles of visual design and sections 6 - 10 are particularly relevant to the owners and managers of individual woodland areas. Farmers, foresters, mineral extractors and utility engineers, as well as planners, will find these chapters useful.
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Recycling land for forestry, 1997
Proceedings of the Forestry Commission and British Land Reclamation Society Conference. University of Wolverhampton March 1996.
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Potential for woodland on urban and industrial wasteland in England and Wales, 2000
Considers the use of woodlands as a means of rehabilitating urban and industrial wastelands, and the availability of such land as a resource for new woodlands in England and Wales.
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Bulletin 99 Urban trees: a survey of street trees in England, 1991
This survey encompassed 3600 trees, made up of 120 trees in each of 30 randomly selected towns and cities throughout England.
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Handbook 11 Creating and managing woodlands around towns, 1995
Provides advice on planning, creating and managing multi-purpose urban woodlands.
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Bulletin 110 Reclaiming disturbed land for forestry, 1994
This bulletin has been written to give up-to-date practical advice to people involved in the reclamation of disturbed land who wish to plant trees on the restored site.
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Bulletin 112 Creating new native woodlands, 1994
Combines expertise in woodland ecology and up-to-date silvicultural knowledge. It encourages the selection of the appropriate type of new native woodland for any particular site and gives guidance on the species composition, design and silvicultural methods which should be used in order to secure the development of the woodland ecosystem as a whole.
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Occasional Paper 39 Demand for forests for recreation, 1991
Provides definitions, facts and figures on recreation in general and on the existing forest estate in particular before considering in turn; multiple-use, recreation demand, urban fringe forestry, the nature of values and prices, and the local and regional economic impacts of forest recreation.
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Occasional Paper 41 Forestry and the conservation and enhancement of landscape, 1991
Discusses the need for landscape conservation and the impact this has upon forestry in Britain. Also looks at the role of forestry in landscape enhancement.
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Occasional Paper 43 Sporting recreational use of land, 1991
Examines recent evidence of the use of land for sporting recreation and its possible implications for forestry.
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Information Note 44 Opportunities for woodland on contaminated land, 2002
Discusses the potential of trees to remediate contaminated land. Aims to make community foresters, planners and developers aware of: the extent of contaminated land; the viability, implications and benefits of tree establishment on contaminated land; current research that will provide a systematic framework for assessing the feasibility, risks and benefits of tree establishment on contaminated land.
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Garden History Society

Public prospects: historic urban parks under threat, 1993
The aims of this report are to stress the historic importance of public parks and to draw attention to the threats which beset them.
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In the rough? Golf courses and landscape parks, 1992
Takes a critical look at golf developments in historic landscapes.
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Historic parks and gardens in the planning system: a handbook, 1997
The Garden History Society recognises that an element of change is inevitable in historic parks and gardens, and that some owners are seeking planning consent for works which are simply part of the natural evolution or good management of an estate. This handbook is intended to help bridge the gap between the planning system and garden conservation.
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Nature conservation in towns and cities: a framework for action, 1990
A guide for local authorities on how to incorporate urban conservation into other areas of work. Includes site histories showing good and bad practice.
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Nature conservation in rural development - the need for new thinking about rural sector policies, 1986
A discussion of how the conservation lobby reacts and should react to opposing interests, and a call for an integrated approach to rural land use.
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Nature conservation in Great Britain, 1984
This document is divided into three main parts; aims, methods and achievements of nature conservation in Britain; the present position and future prospects and; the future direction of nature conservation.
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Principles for nature conservation in towns and cities, 1989
A guide to maintaining the existing wildlife value in urban areas and to including conservation in new developments.
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Nature reserves - who needs them?, 1996
This book contains 18 papers from a conference held by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1991, many with a 1995 postscript. Topics include conservation management in agriculture and RSPB reserves.
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Reducing the impact of air pollution on the natural environment, 1995
Outlines the effects that air pollution has on the natural environment of Britain, the regulatory framework for its control, and details the current thinking of the conservation agencies over how such impacts can be reduced.
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Legislation - Scotland

Scottish Acts 2004 Ch 6 Nature conservation (Scotland) act 2004. asp 6, 2004
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Legislation - UK

Statutory Instruments SI 2004/1487 Wildlife and countryside act 1981 (England and Wales) (amendment) regulations 2004, 2004
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Legislation - Wales

Statutory Instruments SI 2004/1733 Wildlife and countryside act 1981 (amendment) (Wales) regulations 2004. (W.176), 2004
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Environmentally sensitive areas, 1989
The introduction of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as an instrument of agricultural policy provides a new way of conserving the best of our countryside. This report explains the background to the introduction of ESAs, sets out the main features and objectives of designation of each of the ten English ESAs and describes the programme which has been initiated for monitoring the effects of the scheme.
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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Creating sustainable communities: greening the gateway. Implementation plan, 2005
Sets out the Government's vision for the Thames Gateway as a model of sustainable development. This plan sets out the delivery framework, and clarifies how Government, its agencies and its funding will support the delivery of green space. It also broadly outlines the strategic roles envisaged for other delivery agents in the region and how these contribute to the overall framework.
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Protected trees: a guide to tree preservation procedures, 2004
This leaflet is written for the benefit of tree owners, the general public and amenity groups and answers some of the most common questions about tree preservation procedures.
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Trees and problem hedges: an overview, 2003
This document presents an overview of planning matters dealing with trees and hedges. It particularly focuses on problem hedges and how to deal with them through the complaints, appeals and enforcement procedures.
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RICS Foundation

Role of parks and open spaces in urban vitality - the research agenda, 2004
Research into what the key issues are in how parks and open spaces are thought of and what they mean for our cities. Also suggests areas to be researched as a priority.
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Scottish Natural Heritage

Sites of special scientific interest, 1995
This booklet is concerned with sites of special scientific interest.
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Scottish Office

Stewartry environmentally sensitive area: explanatory leaflet for farmers, 1993
This leaflet explains the background and conditions of this environmentally sensitive area scheme, the payment rates to participants and the form an application should take.
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Tree Council

Pressures on urban trees, 1994
Notes of a Tree Council forum on pressures on urban trees, held on Thursday 26th October 1994.
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Wasteland to woodland: turning a liability into an asset, 1994
This leaflet provides guidelines for turning a wasteland into woodland. Information is provided on soil, woodland maintenance; financial aid, and groundwork.
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Tree planting and care in urban areas, 1992
This note has been prepared by the Tree Council's Ad Hoc Group on Urban Tree Planting and is offered as a source of information and advice for use as necessary and appropriate.
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Trees and property development, 1992
Notes of a Tree Council forum on trees and property development, held on Thursday 30th April 1992.
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Trees and lines of communication, 1992
Notes of a Tree Council forum on trees and lines of communication, held on Thursday 23rd July 1992.
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Street trees, 1992
Notes of a Tree Council forum on street trees, held on Thursday 29th October 1992.
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Old trees, 1993
Notes of a Tree Council forum on old trees, held on Thursday 28th January 1993.
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Hedgerows and their trees - what are the prospects?, 1997
Looks at the history of hedgerows and what it is that makes them important. Reviews the state of their health in more recent years and outlines the measures being taken to stem their decline.
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Tree related subsidence: what are the issues?, 1996
Summary notes on a Tree Council Forum 'Tree Related Subsidence - What are the Issues' held on Thursday 11th July 1996.
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Wildlife and Countryside Link

Sustaining biodiversity - revitalising the biodiversity action plan process, 2004
Highlights why biodiversity is essential to all our lives. It explains how the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) process has been developed to sustain and enhance this biodiversity and makes recommendations on the ways the process can be improved to meet the target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010.
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Noise

British Standards Institution

BS 5228-4:1992 Noise control on construction and open sites. Code of practice for noise and vibration control applicable to piling operations (AMD 7787), 1992
Recommendations for noise and vibration control measures which can be adopted to ensure good practice and enable piling to be carried out economically with as little disturbance to the community as is practicable.
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