Assessment of condition

When assessing the results of Site Condition Monitoring, the condition of an individual natural feature is assigned to one of seven condition categories:

i) Favourable Maintained - the attribute targets set for the natural features have been met, and the natural feature is likely to be secure on the site under present conditions;

ii) Favourable Recovered - the condition of the natural feature has recovered from a previous unfavourable condition, and attribute targets are now being met;

iii) Favourable Declining  - the attribute targets set for the natural features have been met, but evidence suggests that condition will worsen unless remedial action is taken;

iii) Unfavourable Recovering - one or more of the attribute targets have not been met on the site, but management measures are in place to improve the condition;

iv) Unfavourable No Change - one or more of the attribute targets have not been met, and recovery is unlikely under the present management and activity on the site; v)Unfavourable Declining - one or more of the attribute targets have not been met, evidence suggests that condition will worsen unless remedial action is taken;

v)  Unfavourable Declining - one or more of the attribute targets have not been met, evidence suggests that condition will worsen unless remedial action is taken;

vi) Partially Destroyed - something has happened on the site which has removed part of the natural features, there is no prospect of restoring the destroyed area;

vii) Totally Destroyed - the natural feature is no longer present, there is no prospect of restoring it.

You can find a summary of the results of Site Condition Monitoring  for individual natural features on a designated site at Sitelink.