All records created between 1st January 2005 and 31st December 2013 relating to the designation as Natura 2000 sites 'sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time', EU Annexe 1 Habitat Type (1110). Specifically, we request records created between 1st January 2007 and 31st December 2015 in relation to the decision-making process by which it was decided to designate the XXXX XXX and XXXX XXX and to not designate other east coast sandbanks. The information should include • all inter-departmental and all intra-departmental communications and communications with all other organisations, associations or agencies and with the European Commission. • information on the scientific and other factors that were taken into account when making the decisions to designate • other sites that were considered for designation and why were these specific sites selected for designation over and above others • Departments/Agencies that were consulted/became involved in the decision-making process in relation to these designations