The site is listed in the Forest of Dean Local Plan Review as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

The nature reserve of Five Acre Grove lies close to the village and is designated a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

Barrow Wake and Tuffley's Quarry are listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as Key Wildlife Sites.

The site and adjacent areas are designated as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

The site is listed in the 'Stroud District' Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 (online for download) as a Key Wildlife Site.

The site is listed in the 'Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011', adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation',' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

Related sites Chedworth Railway Tunnel and Chedworth Woods are also listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as Key Wildlife Sites (KWS).

Cutsdean Quarry, which is a nature reserve and designated a Key Wildlife Site (KWS) in the Cotswolds, is part of the Stanway Estate.

The reservoir and wood are listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as Key Wildlife Sites.