The Moors Arne Road Ridge
Description
The creation of intertidal habitat and restricted tidal exchange shallow saltwater lagoons, through managed realignment involving selective breaching of existing tidal embankments. The provision of new set-back earth embankments, including the provision of flapped surface water outfalls, tidal exchange culverts, and an improved channel and outfall for the Furzebrook Stream. The formation of permissive footpaths and screens for public to view birds from, maintenance access tracks and the provision of associated gates, fences and boundary treatment works (with variation of condition 2, 4, 6,12 and 14 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/05149 to enable a series of design changes as referred to in the Planning Statement) (variation of condition 1 of PA P/VOC/2025/01655 to replace approved drawings to enable three design changes, which include:- - Omission of the low-permeability core from Eastern, Western and Lagoon Embankments; - Breach and inundation area design changes, and - The provision of connecting ditches between borrow pits in the Southern Lagoon)
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