APPENDIX
1. CONSERVATION AREAS
There are 24 conservation areas situated in the area
covered by this policy statement.
These are:
Adisham
Barham
Barham (Derringham)
Bekesbourne
Bishopsbourne
(Charlton Park)
Bossingham
Boyden Gate
Bridge
Broome Park
Chartham (The Green)
Chartham
(Rattington Street)
Fordwich
Ickham, Wichambreaux &
Seaton
Kingston
Littlebourne
Marshside
Patrixbourne
Petham
Stodmarsh
Upstreet
Waltham
Westbere
Womenswold
2. SCHEDULED ANCIENT HONUHENTS
There are 14 Scheduled Ancient Monuments located in the
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Enclosures, Adisham
Earth Works on Barham
Downs, Barham
Group of round barrows
on Breech Downs, Barham
Round Barrow, Barham
Archbishops Palace,
Bekesbourne
Well Chapel, Bekesbourne
Mounds in Bourne Park,
Bishopsbourne
Three round barrows in
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area covered by this policy statement. These are:-
Gorsley Wood,
Bishopsbourne
Horton Manor Chapel,
Chartham
Town Hall, Fordwich
Earthworks in Iffin Wood,
Thanington/Lower Hardres
Two round barrows, Mounts
Wood, Petham
Three barrows, Eggringe
Wood, Waltham
Enclosures and ring ditch,
Wickhambreaux
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ANCIENT WOODLANDS
A recent survey carried out for the Council has
identified many of the woodland areas in the District
as being ancient in origin. Ancient woodlands possess
a distinctive flora and fauna which have poor
colonising ability and are thus not found in more
recent woodlands. Ancient woodland communities cannot
be recreated by tree planting and conservation depends
on the retention and sympathetic management of existing
sites.
The City Council will employ the use of management
agreements with landowners and other interested
parties, and tree preservation orders, to complement
Policy 16. Co-operation and grant assistance will also
be sought from the Nature Conservancy Council, the
Countryside Commission and other relevant
organisations.
AREAS OF HIGH NATURE CDNSERVATION VALUE
The extent of each Area of High Nature Conservation
Value identified by the Kent Countryside Plan has been
defined on the basis of habitat type, as indicated
principally by the dominant vegetation and/or land-form
which reflects each particular interest. On a broader
basis the same approach was adopted during the
preparation of the Structure Plan to select the
AHNCV's. Each of these Areas has as its core one or
more nature reserves or Sites of Special Scientific
Interest but also includes the countryside surrounding
or linking these sites, where this comprises relevant
habitats, in order to provide a buffer against off-site
development pressures and to conserve a more extensive
area of countryside important for its wildlife
interest. There is one AHNCV within the area covered
by this statement, which is Blean Woods.
Blean Woods is identified as being of wildlife interest
by the Kent Countryside Plan which coincides with
Structure Plan Policy CC9 relating to AHNCV's. The
Blean Woods complex is particularly important as it
provides one the of the few remaining habitats of the
heath fritillary butterfly (Mellicta Athalia), now
considered the British butterfly most threatened with
extinction. The Blean woodland complex is one of the
most heavily wooded areas remaining in Kent and much of
the wood is ancient in origin.
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