Representation by Gary White
- Date submitted
- 13 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Swanscombe is home to a huge variety of invertebrates and birds. It is now an SSSI. It is a unique patchwork of habitats which supports 250 invertebrate species of concern and the critically endangered jumping spider the distinguished jumping spider.it also supports 15 species of bird on the red list (most concern). It also has important populations of voles bats and rare plants. This is also an important green space for local people to connect with nature and to exercise. Wildlife across the country is in decline. The government has said that they want to leave the state of nature better than when they inherited it. This objective is not compatible with allowing a huge development on the peninsula. London does not need this ‘resort’. It will destroy this valuable green space. If we are to have a truly green recovery we have to make decisions which put money second to environmental concerns. And so-called mitigation measures don’t work.