Sainsbury’s Application Refused Partly Due to Slow-worm

7) The presence of the protected slow worm species. Although Sainsbury’s proposed moving them to a suitable “receptor” site, one was not identified in the application.

via www.ledburyreporter.co.uk

Interesting that local planning authorities are starting to enforce full disclosure of proposed mitigation works within applications for planning consent. It is no longer sufficient to simply state that mitigation works will be undertaken.