Representation by Steven John Carter
- Date submitted
- 31 May 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Having read Cory's plans the first thing that comes to mind is deception! The Crossness Nature Reserve is not getting bigger! It will lose as i understand it 2.9 hectars/6.2 acres of land. Not only will the reserve be smaller the remainder of the reserve will be blighted by it. The industry will swamp the Eastern boundary of the reserve with a grotesque development impacting greatly on the reserve and all its wildlife. It will change the character of the reserve and make visiting it much less enjoyable, The area known as Norman road Field is already an area for Wildlife and was used as mitigation for when Tilfen Land built a business park on some of the Southern Marsh over twenty years ago. i.e. a fenced off lagoon, another fenced off area and Barn Owl box were put in place. How many times can an area be used for mitigation? The artist impressions provided by Cory do not show the true size of this development another deception in my view. They have not provided an artist impression showing how this development will look from ground level if standing in Crossness Nature Reserve and looking East. I should think it will look horrendous and totally swamp the reserve! They have provided an aerial view from i would guess is two or three thousand feet looking West. The artist impression does not show the sheer scale of the de-carbonisation facility. some of the chimneys are 377 feet tall which is taller than St Paul's Cathedral. I and probably most people with an interest in the environment and wildlife are in favour of cleaner air but at the expense of an important Nature Reserve in times of a biodiversity crisis? One its gone its gone and cannot be replaced. There is industrial land to the East of Riverside 1 which in my opinion should be used. Currently Iron Mountain have a large storage warehouse used to store records from financial institutions such as micro-fiche and micro-film. And ASDA have a distribution warehouse. There must be a way to move these to suitable areas further down river much of which is industrial land. I have been visiting the Crossness area since a boy long before Crossness Nature Reserve. In recent times i have used it as a place of respite two of three hours a week whilst caring for both my parents. So i strongly object to this development on and near Crossness Nature Reserve.