PROTECTED SITES AND SPECIES IN THE BRECON BEACONS NATIONAL PARK
SUMMARY OF HIERARCHY OF WILDLIFE LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDANCE
SITES AND HABITATS
Level of protection
Designation
Examples in the
BBNP
Relevant legislation, policy
and guidance
River Usk
Llangorse Lake
Coedydd Nedd
a Mellte
Blorenge
Illtyd Pools
Mynydd Du
(Black
Mountain)
Cwm Clydach
Dan-yr-Ogof
Craig CerrigGleisiad a Fan
Frynych
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Ponds
Lowland
meadows
Wood pasture
& Parkland
Hedgerows
Upland oak
woodland
Traditional
orchards
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European legislation
Special Areas of
Conservation (SACs)
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National legislation
Sites of Special
Scientific Interest
(SSSIs)
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National Nature
Reserves (NNRs)
National and local
policy and guidance
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UK Biodiversity
Action Plan Priority
Habitats
BBNP BAP Priority
Habitats
Local Wildlife Sites
Sites of Importance
for Nature
Conservation
Local Nature
Reserves
Ancient Woodland
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Conservation of
Habitats & Species
Regulations 2010 (as
amended)
Wildlife & Countryside
Act 1981 (as amended)
Countryside & Rights of
Way Act 2000
Natural Environment
and Rural Communities
Act 2006
Planning Policy Wales
(2014)
Technical Advice Note 5
(2009)
Planning Policy Wales
(2014)
Technical Advice Note 5
(2009)
UK Biodiversity Action
Plan
BBNP Biodiversity
Action Plan
Local Development Plan
SPECIES
Legislation, policy
and guidance
Designation
Examples in the BBNP
Relevant legislation, policy
and guidance
European legislation
European
Protected
Species
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Conservation of Habitats
& Species Regulations
2010 (as amended)
National legislation
Nationally
Protected
Species
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Wildlife & Countryside
Act 1981 (as amended)
Countryside & Rights of
Way Act 2000
Natural Environment and
Rural Communities Act
2006
Wildlife & Countryside
Act 1981 (as amended)
Planning Policy Wales
(2014)
Technical Advice Note 5
(2009)
UK Biodiversity Action
Plan
BBNP Biodiversity Action
Plan
Local Development Plan
National and local
policy and guidance
Biodiversity
Action Plan
Priority Species
All bats
Otter
Dormouse
Great crested newt
Barn Owl
Kingfisher
Water vole
Slow worm
Bluebell
Nesting birds, their nests,
eggs and young
 Curlew
 Brown hare
 Red wood-ant
 Twaite shad
 Hedgehog
 Pink meadow cap
 Common toad
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