Representation by Derek Parris
- Date submitted
- 30 March 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose the project, firstly on the grounds of its negative environmental and ecological impacts. The developer's own Ecology Baseline Report,the joint representations of the RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, the existence of one of the few non-coastal Marine Conservation Zones on a relevant section of the Thames, and Natural England's proposal to designate the area as an SSI, are all testimony to the area's international and national and local importance for the preservation of our declining fauna and flora. "Greening" and conservation and reducing carbon emissions are now national priorities. The development will also negate the area's potential to provide a vital green "lung", providing an important and much needed recreational, health, and educational resource for the residents of the neighbouring areas, which are being intensively developed. It must also be noted that the development proposal also represents only the first phase of an intended two stage, enlarged theme park.