Representation by Michael Sneyd
- Date submitted
- 12 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Dear planning inspectorate, I am writing in regards to the proposed development of the London amusement park. My concern relates to the presence of abundant species of wildlife including several species that are in decline in the UK. The proposed development promises to protect and even increase biodiversity within the site but I believe that this is impossible to achieve in line with the services the park will offer. I believe the park will become a barrier which will not be crossed by nature and could well become disruptive to the inhabitants due to its noise and night time lighting. I believe this would reduce the number of species such as birds of prey which require large areas of undisturbed land to find food. I have several questions if I may, regarding the safety of the existing wildlife in regard to the developers proposed plans. As this site is an SSI, how would the wildlife be protected? Would the remaining land be actively managed by conservationists monitoring the wildlife? Would local residents still have access to walk around the area? Would the developer be open to producing an action plan alongside conservations in regard to preserving and improving the areas used by species that are in decline? How would the developers safeguard the habitat to prevent excess litter or damage caused by visitors? Being classed as a brownfield site, please would the developer share their environmental survey to allow a comparison with other surveys undertaken so we can establish median data? Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you Kind regards Michael Sneyd