Representation by Lorna Barford
- Date submitted
- 28 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I urge the Planning Inspectorate to decline permission for the London Resort Theme Park to be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula. Natural England say the site warrants an SSSI designation. It is one of the UK's best wildlife sites and is a unique habitat. It is home to 250 invertebrates including the critically endangered Distinguished Jumping Spider, 15 red listed birds of conservation concern and 12 of principal importance including Marsh Harriers, Bearded Tits and Nightingales. It is also home to many reptiles, bats, water voles and otters and valuable and rare plants including the Man Orchid. At a time when the World is facing a climate emergency & when so many valuable wildlife habitats are being destroyed across the UK by major infra infrastructure projects such as HS2 and EWR & with the beautiful Minsmere Nature Reserve under threat from Sizewell C it is vitally important the Swanscombe Peninsula is protected & saved. The wildlife which lives on the Peninsula is far more important & valuable than a theme park. This development should be sited on a brown field site elsewhere where it can be easily accessed by public transport and bring economic growth to an urban area in need of regeneration. The Peninsula is completely the wrong location for it. Please do the right thing and save this precious wildlife haven for future generations to enjoy.