Representation by Graeme Davis
- Date submitted
- 15 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I think this application should be rejected on many grounds. Swanscombe marshes are not just a site of national importance, but national importance containing many scarce and endangered species. As well as this the habitat itself is increasing rare and threatened within itself. There are 250 important species in this site found so far, and because of this it was no surprise that it was given SSSI status which should have been granted many years ago! It is just one of 2 sites for the spider Attulus distinguendus, should this site be reduced to one then we can directly blame this site for the extinction of a species nationally as 1 site is not going to keep a viable population going for long. 2 sites is a struggle for a breeding population on its own! At a time when we are meant to be helping biodiversity this application is perverse and should never have even got to this stage. I hope that some sense is seen before we loose yet another species.