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The Sanctuary (Derby)

Open mosaic habitat at The Sanctuary Bird Reserve, Pride Park, Derby, prior to destruction for a cycle race track in 2014. Pride Park Football Stadium is in background.

The Sanctuary is a bird and wildlife sanctuary and designated local nature reserve (LNR) located on Pride Park in the city of Derby, England. It is on a twelve hectare site on the west bank of the River Derwent, adjacent to Pride Park Stadium and Derby Arena. Controversial plans by the local council owners to build a closed circuit cycle race track over part of the local nature reserve would have set a national precedent, potentially exposing all LNRs in England to harmful development.,[1] but were withdrawn in 2014 following widespread opposition and in the face of legal action and a judicial review of the planning decision.[2]

  1. ^ "Development rings death knell for sanctity of wild havens". The Wildlife Trusts. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Sanctuary nature reserve: Injunction stopping clearance work at cycle track site extended". Derby Evening Telegraph. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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