{"id":25834,"date":"2020-03-31T17:01:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25834"},"modified":"2020-03-31T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:01:18","slug":"design-heritage-and-biodiversity-intertwine-as-new-schemes-in-brighton-need-swift-bricks-for-nesting-birds-to-get-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25834","title":{"rendered":"Design, Heritage and Biodiversity intertwine as new schemes in Brighton need \u2018swift bricks\u2019 for nesting birds to get planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23903\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NorthLaine_Brighton_300_IHBC_SE_Branch-235x300.png\" alt=\"street scene\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/>Planning rules passed by Brighton and Hove council which come into force next month and will require new developments to contain so-called \u2019swift bricks\u2019 to encourage nesting birds.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Building<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Planning rules passed by Brighton and Hove council will require new developments to contain so-called \u2019swift bricks\u2019 to encourage nesting birds. A minimum of three swift bricks per dwelling will be needed to meet the new conditions, agreed by council members earlier this month. Shaped like bricks, the nesting boxes (pictured) can be incorporated into new developments and contain a small hole for the birds to enter and exit. The rule will apply to all new developments above 5m high and is due to be attached to all planning permissions granted after 1 April. Commercial developments will also be subject to the new conditions, which will require one swift brick per 50sq m of floor space.<\/p>\n<p>Swifts often make their nests in the rooftops of buildings after their annual 6,000 mile migration from Africa each spring. But modern building methods have been blamed for reducing suitable nesting sites for the birds, which have declined from 150,000 pairs to 90,000 over the past 20 years. Councillor Alan Robins said the council\u2019s planning officers \u2018have come up with a simple scheme that will increase biodiversity and encourage wildlife to thrive in our city\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The nesting facilities, which can also accommodate sparrows, starlings, blue tits and great tits, will join \u2019bee bricks\u2019 in Brighton and Hove\u2019s planning rules. At least one bee brick \u2013 which are dotted with holes for the bees to fly in and out of \u2013 per dwelling has been required for new developments since November last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/news\/new-schemes-in-brighton-will-need-swift-bricks-for-nesting-birds-to-get-planning\/5104813.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;<\/a>(registration required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swift-conservation.org\/Leaflet%204%20-%20Swift%20Nest%20Bricks%20-%20installation%20&amp;%20suppliers-small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download SwiftConservation pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/our-work\/conservation\/conservation-and-sustainability\/safeguarding-species\/help-us-help-swifts\/new-nest-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSPB website<\/a> for more infomation of swifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning rules passed by Brighton and Hove council which come into force next month and will require new developments to contain so-called \u2019swift bricks\u2019 to encourage nesting birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25835,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25834\/revisions\/25835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}