(i)         that the South Hams Special Area of Conservation Habitats Regulations Assessment Guidance, set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report be approved subject to the following modifications and the Assistant Director Planning and Transport, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Environment and Culture, be given delegated authority to approve any necessary minor amendments to the document:

(a)       add the following text at the end of first sentence in paragraph (5.1) on page 17: (by the Steering Group); and

(b)       add the following note to Existing Features as foot note on page 11 and update the text in paragraph 5.2 on page 17: (The DCC Environment Viewer will be updated at regular intervals to show new Pinch Points or Mitigation Features but is not exhaustive. Only strategic features are likely to be shown. Therefore, applicants and LPAs will have to have due regard to any likely conditions or s106 obligations that require the retention or provision of existing mitigation features on or near, which may affect their individual sites); and

(ii)        that once approved by Torbay Council, the Guidance will hold interim guidance status until agreed by all partner authorities in the South Hams SAC consultation area.  It is hoped this will be completed by September 2019.