Representation by Andrew Emmerson
- Date submitted
- 25 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
We are currently in a biodiversity crisis and a site like Swanscombe should not be destroyed by development. Numerous redlisted bird species use the site as well as 250 invertebrate species of conservation concern. The light pollution, noise and disturbance will ruin the site for all the wildlife. The building of the site and the ongoing travel of visitors to the site will also increase carbon emissions at a time we have to reduce the UKs carbon output. This area of the UK has little enough wild space for the conservation of our wild heritage. More weight should be given to the value of the wildlife and biodiversity over the unnecessary development needs. We should be looking to preserve and increase areas such as this to benefit us all in future years.