Representation by Victoria Sholund
- Date submitted
- 28 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Although I don't live in Swanscombe, I have heard a lot about the development of the area into a valuable area for wildlife. This is so important in this time of climate emergency. All the science tells us that we need to be rapidly re-wilding in order to at least make a start in overcoming the huge imbalance between built areas and areas of habitat and biodiversity. This development could be built somewhere else, if indeed it is necessary to build it anywhere. Important habitat is not always beautiful and park-like. It can be rough and scrubby, untidy, and unattractive to some people. That doesn't negate its importance to many forms of wildlife, who are also important to the quality of our future. This area is historically a brownfield site, but it has become a habitat site, so important that Natural England want to make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest. We can learn from areas like this where nature has begun to take back land which was once taken from it. And they are absolutely essential in the battle to turn back the climate emergency.