Table 9.2: Sites of Biological Interest within 1km of the Proposed Scheme or within 200m of the PCF Stage 2 ARN

Site

Reason for designation

Distance (m) and direction from Proposed Scheme

Large standing water (Fw3)

Small lodges[1] (Fw2)

Other broadleaved woodland (Ws1)

Plantation woodland (Wd2)

Grassland (Gr2)

Reedbed, swamp, and fen (Fw1)

Aquatic invertebrates (AI1)

Birds (Br6)

Ancient Woodland (Wd1)

Scrub (Wd3)

Heath (HB1)

Bees and wasps (GSG1)

Habitat Mosaic (HM1)

Philips Park and North Wood

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

0m south

Hollins Plantation

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30m north-west

Hazlitt Wood

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

70m south-east

Hollins Vale

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

260m north-west

Heaton Park Reservoir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

280m south

Pilsworth

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

420m north-east

Parr Brook

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

580m west

Prestwich Clough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

900m south

Clifton Lodge (North & South)

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

3.4km south-west

Unity Brook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

3.3km south-west

Rhodes Farm Sewage Works

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

1.3km west

Clifton Country Park

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

2.2km west

Ringley Woods

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

1km west

Grassland & Heath off Clively Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

2km south-east

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal at Agecroft

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.8km south-west

Reservoirs at Chapelfield

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.9km north

Sailor's Brow & Springwater Park

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

1.9km north

Lakeside Woodland in Heaton Park

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

1.4km south

Bowker Vale Reservoirs

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2 km south

Streams and Flushes near Bradley Hall Farm

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.3km east

Blackley Forest & Heaton Vale Reservoirs

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.7km south-east

Alkrington Woods and Rhodes Lodges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

2.1km east

[1] Lodges are man-made waterbodies, with most examples originating from the industrial revolution. These were created to hold water for industrial processes - notably in Greater Manchester for the textile industry.