{"id":563921,"date":"2026-05-03T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/563921\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:42:14","slug":"ayrshire-nature-haven-trashed-after-four-year-wait-for-protection-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/563921\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayrshire nature haven &#8216;trashed&#8217; after four-year wait for protection decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A NatureScot spokesperson said the decision on marking it as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI remains &#8220;a priority under consideration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added: &#8220;NatureScot staff have, as far as possible, surveyed the site for suitable habitat and are currently completing work on a proposed boundary based on our experience of the land and expert judgement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We will be discussing this work further with the owners and occupiers of the land and North Ayrshire Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is an extremely complex site where we hope it will be possible to balance several different interests, including businesses, developers, local community groups, eNGOs and recreational users. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As such, it&#8217;s important that we take the time to engage with all parties as this work continues to find the best ways to protect and manage biodiversity interests in this area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Chemring said:  &#8220;Chemring operates a long-established, highly regulated site at Ardeer and is working closely with NatureScot throughout its ongoing reviews. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The activities referenced in recent claims do not relate to our land, and we remain committed to developing our site responsibly while supporting the environmental assessment process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">NPL Group were approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NatureScot spokesperson said the decision on marking it as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI remains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-563921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}