PPS 9

Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation commonly abbreviated as PPS 9, is a document produced by the British Government to advise Local planning authorities on planning policies for the protection of biodiversity and geological conservation through the planning system. The current version was introduced in August 2005 and replaced Revised PPG 9: Nature conservation (published October 1994). PPS9 is reinforced and updated by Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Circular 06/2005: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - Statutory Obligations and Their Impact Within the Planning System, also published by the British Government on 15 August 2005. Circular 06/2005 and PPS9 place a clear duty on local planning authorities to ensure that protected species and habitats in the UK are a "material consideration" in the determination of a planning application.

See also

• Planning Policy Statements
• Town and country planning in the United Kingdom
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

External links

• "Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation". Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. 2005. ISBN 0-11-753954-6. 
• "Biodiversity and geological conservation: circular 06/2005". Department for Communities and Local Government. 2005.