Conservation in the UK has become synonymous with preserving and maintaining the quality of the UK environment, protecting its use for future generations. Yet inevitably it brings conflicts between different sectors of the community that are hard to reconcile. Farming needs, landowner's rights, housing and industrial development - each makes its own demands on finite and often fragile resources. Conservation and Land Use sets out the statutory and regulatory provisions that govern the different designations that can be applied to protect land, habitat, natural resources - as well as the wild animals and plant life that make up the fabric of our environment. It deals fully with the legal restrictions, sanctions and controls imposed on landowners and developers, with special reference to the farming community. It covers the role and responsibility of local authorities, within the planning process, together with the duties of English Nature and the Environment Agency. Those with a di