Representation by Nigel Tuck
- Date submitted
- 12 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The Swanscombe Marshes are a unique home to over 250 invertebrate species of conservation concern, and 49 red listed species, including the Critically Endangered Distinguished jumping spider. It also supports a regionally important breeding bird site including 15 red-listed Birds of Conservation Concern and 12 Species of Principal Importance, 13 nationally scarce vascular plant species, including 5 red-listed species, and populations of reptiles, bats, Water vole and Otter. This country has already seen a catastrophic loss of natural habitat and consequently wildlife over the two decades, some of which has rendered species extinct. This is a planning application too far. It must be halted in its tracks. We must protect what we have before we lose it forever. This is not what we want to be remembered for as our legacy.