The Antonine Wall Management Plan 2013-18 - Glasgow City Council

appendix D
Matrix 3: Assessment of Medium-Term Objectives for the Antonine Wall WHS Management Plan 2013-18:
AIM 1: SAFEGUARD AND ENHANCE THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY MANAGING, CONSERVING AND PROTECTING ITS CULTURAL AND
NATURAL LANDSCAPE
SEA topics Biodiversity, flora and fauna Material assets Cultural heritage Landscape and geodiversity Summary and mitigation
will the management plan
objective…
Medium-term issues/
objectives
• prevent damage and
encourage favourable
condition to designated sites
and protected species and
undesignated biodiversity,
flora and fauna?
• promote and enhance where
appropriate enjoyment
and understanding of the
site from a natural heritage
perspective?
• contribute to effective
adaptation to potential
impacts of climate change on
natural heritage?
• maintain or enhance (where
appropriate) the tourism
resource of the WHS and the
wider area?
• support national forestry
policy?
• protect and where
appropriate enhance the
historic environment?
• promote positive effects for
the historic environment
through land management?
• promote and enhance where
appropriate enjoyment and
understanding of the site
from a cultural heritage
perspective?
• contribute to effective
adaptation to potential
impacts of climate change on
cultural heritage?
• protect and enhance the
landscape and geodiversity
value of the WHS?
• promote positive effects for
the landscape through land
management?
• contribute to effective
adaptation to potential
impacts of climate change on
the landscape?
• promote and enhance where
appropriate enjoyment
and understanding of
the landscape value and
geodiversity of the site?
Issue: The ANTONINE WALL WHS and its Buffer Zone
Objective 1.1
The boundary of the
ANTONINE WALL WHS and
its buffer zone will be kept
under review to ensure that
its outstanding universal
significance is adequately
protected
Changes to the boundary and
buffer would be determined
in reference to the OUV, rather
than biodiversity, flora and fauna
issues. Any changes would be
likely to be minor in scale, and
would be unlikely to have any
impact on the level of protection
for biodiversity, flora and fauna
Changes to the boundary and
buffer would be determined
in reference to the OUV, rather
than tourism or forestry issues.
Any changes would be likely to
be minor in scale, and would be
unlikely to have any significant
impact on these factors.
Changes to the boundary and
buffer would primarily be
determined in reference to the
OUV, which focuses on historic
environment and landscape.
Although any changes would
be likely to be minor in scale,
this alternative would provide
flexibility to ensure the altered
understanding of the site can
influence its protection and
management.
Changes to the boundary and
buffer would primarily be
determined in reference to the
OUV, which focuses on historic
environment and landscape.
Although any changes would
be likely to be minor in scale,
this alternative would provide
flexibility to ensure the altered
understanding of the site can
influence its protection and
management.
The preferred option, which
will keep the boundary and
buffer under review, will overall
have more positive effects
than the alternative. No further
mitigation is recommended.
Alternative
The boundary of the
ANTONINE WALL WHS and
its buffer zone will remain
unaltered
This alternative would have no
effect on biodiversity, flora and
fauna objectives
This alternative would have no
effect on material objectives.
This alternative would limit the
ability of the plan to react to
changes in understanding of
the site, and could potentially
reduce ability to achieve cultural
heritage objectives.
This alternative would limit the
ability of the plan to react to
changes in understanding of the
site, and could potentially reduce
ability to achieve landscape
objectives.
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