Special Protection Areas

HC Deb 10 December 1985 vol 88 c553W

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will specify the nature of the proposed development threatening those eight sites identified as meriting designation as special protection areas under directive 79/409, which the Nature Conservancy Council considers to be at risk.

Mrs. Rumbold

I am advised by the Nature Conservancy Council that the proposed or approved developments for the eight sites are as followsCaenlochan—downhill ski development Drumochter Hills—downhill ski development Firth of Forth—land reclamation Islay—peat extraction Loch Ken—recreational boating Teesmouth Flats & Marshes—land reclamation Humber Flats—reclamation for industrial development Stour/Orwell Estuary—Felixstowe dock expansion