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Our
Local Councils
In
administrative Lancashire, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester
& North Merseyside covers all the local council districts. These are (in
alphabetical order): Blackburn
with Darwen Borough, Blackpool
Borough, Burnley
Borough, Chorley Borough,
Fylde Borough, Hyndburn
Borough, Lancaster City,
Pendle Borough, Preston
City Council, Ribble
Valley Borough, Rossendale
Borough, South Ribble Borough,
West Lancashire
District, and Wyre Borough.
Click on the relevant link to be taken to your council's web site.
In
Greater Manchester the council districts covered by this Wildlife
Trust are (in alphabetical order): Bolton,
Bury, Manchester
City, Oldham, Rochdale,
Salford City, and Wigan.
Stockport, Tameside,
and Trafford are covered by the
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
(Telephone: 01270 610 180; E-mail: cheshirewt@cix.co.uk).
Click on the relevant link to be taken to your council's web site.
In
Merseyside, the council districts covered by this Wildlife Trust
are Liverpool City, Knowsley,
St Helens and Sefton.
Wirral is covered by the Cheshire
Wildlife Trust (Telephone: 01270 610 180; E-mail: cheshirewt@cix.co.uk).
Click on the relevant link to be taken to your council's web site.
Ecological
Advisers to our Local Councils
It's
important that your council should be pressed to ensure that it has professionally
assessed information when making decisions on planning applications, and
not just that provided by the developer. The following bodies can provide
that service.
Lancashire
County Council's Environment Directorate employs ecologists
who can assess information on wildlife on behalf of Lancashire's district,
borough and city councils. Its address is: PO Box 9, Guild House, Cross
Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8RD; Telephone: 01772 264 148. Together
with The Wildlife Trust and English Nature, Lancashire County Council operates
the local Wildlife Sites system in Lancashire. Such sites are known in
the county as "Biological Heritage Sites". Click here
to view the selection criteria for such sites, on Lancashire County Council's
web site.
In
Greater Manchester, the Greater
Manchester Ecology Unit (GMEU) provides advice on nature conservation
issues to all the Metropolitan Borough Councils, mainly on issues affecting
Wildlife Sites: these are known in Greater Manchester as "Sites of Biological
Importance". Its address is: GMEU, c/o Council Offices, Wellington
Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside OL6 6DL; Telephone: 0161 342 3598; E-mail:
ecology.unit@tameside.gov.uk.
The
Environmental Advisory Service (EAS) for North Merseyside provides
advice on nature conservation issues to the Metropolitan Borough Councils
of Knowsley, St Helens, and Sefton. Its address is:
Bryant House, Liverpool Road North, Maghull, Merseyside L31 2PA; Telephone:
0151 934 4954; E-mail: eas@sefton.u-net.com. It doesn't have a website.
In the City of Liverpool, the Wildlife Site System is operated jointly
by Liverpool City Council and
The Wildlife Trust, through our North Merseyside Office at Seaforth
Nature Reserve, Port of Liverpool L21 1JD; e-mail: lwildlife@cix.co.uk.
It is intended that this system will ultimately be merged with that of
the Environmental Advisory Service.
English
Nature is the UK Government's statutory adviser on nature conservation
in England. It will usually become involved if a site is of national or
international importance for its wildlife habitats, or supports species
specially protected by national or international law. Its Cheshire
to Lancashire Team covers all of Lancashire, Greater Manchester
and Merseyside (as well as Cheshire) and the adjacent Irish Sea. The Team
is based at Pier House, Wallgate, Wigan WN3 4AL; Telephone: 01942 820 342;
e-mail: northwest@english-nature.org.uk.
Under the provisions of the Natural Environment & Rural Communities
Act 2006 it will become part of a new agency, 'Natural England',
in October 2006.
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