Representation by Ross Elliott
- Date submitted
- 12 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Hello I often walk around around Swanscombe Marshes and Botany Marshes on the Thames Estuary. This area is already heavily developed and congested with traffic and pollution, over-developed with the Dartford Crossing, M25, A2, Lower Thames Crossing to be built, Bluewater shopping centre and thousands of new homes being built around Ebbsfleet. The train line for Swanscombe is terrible and the last thing the area and environment needs is this theme park which will be more environmental destruction of the natural world. The Swanscombe Peninsula is home to a remarkable mix of habitats of high value to wildlife and plants. Rare and under threat animals and species call it home, including the critically endangered Distinguished jumping spider (Attulus distinguendus). Swanscombe Marshes is not just important for wildlife. The site has been enjoyed by local people for years for walking, bird watching, angling and escaping the hustle and bustle of North Kent. This 'London' Resort theme park in North Kent is a white elephant. Established theme parks around the UK are on their knees with COVID19. People will go to Disneyland in Florida or Paris, not Swanscombe. Bluewater cinema already provides a good cinema experience. Established businesses are already in place. It is the wrong development, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I strongly object to the application, it will be more destruction of the natural world, loss of biodiversity with unnecessary development and concrete. Regards Ross Elliott