Representation by Chris Bowman
- Date submitted
- 12 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I live locally to the peninsula and often walk around there exploring the area and often see many types of wild life. It supports over 250 invertebrate species of conservation concern, including the Critically Endangered Distinguished jumping spider which is found on only one other site in the UK. Swanscombe is home to nationally rare and endangered bees, spiders, beetles, wasps and a host of other invertebrates that make the site of national importance. The theme park has stated ‘The project will of course continue, and this is just another issue to address in the long history of this project,’ this trivializes the enormous environmental impact building a theme park will bring. You can’t build a theme park and not wipe nature. The response does not address how the endangered species will be protected. It will also add considerable traffic and increase air pollution to the area with 1000’s more cars using already heavy congested local roads not built to support that level. I ask you from a moral point to reject the application