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That's so depressing to read about that. As I get older I have less time for people.....
Its the result of the affordable housing blag to get around building on green land in the first place.
What a load of tosh!
Those who say they have never seen wildlife netting such as this don’t get out much, it is a very common and accepted practice, as is netting to exclude wildlife from roadworks and the like.
Lookiing at the site on Google Earth it is obvious that has always been an intention that this land will be developed and it is intensively cultivated agricultural land, not a wildlife haven. If this hedge is replaced with a landscaped development it will support far more wildlife than will displaced from this short section of hedge.
Put “Coates Avenue Winterton” the search on Google Earth and have a look for yourself, the road has run into the fields years.
Try “Driffil Way Winterton” on Google Earth as well and tell me what wildlife will be disturbed if the road is extended into a new housing estate?
this isnt a road -- its a proposed housing estate in green field land -- im not sure what you are getting at ? If a road runs through green field land then its fair play to make an estate off the road >?
Greenfield land is greenfield land - brownfield land is brown field land
Netting is irrelevant IMO - we have a government allowing development in greenfield rather than forcing it on brownfield
And so far ive seen no construction company put serious work and money into responsible eco replanting -- because it costs money and they dont have to do it
https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.google.earth&ibi=com.google.b...
and point is ?
This would be the next phase of an existing housing estate into highly cultivated agricultural land not some green fields that supports varied wildlife, to flora and fauna it is effectively sterile land.
Yes a short section of hedge would be removed to gain access from one field to another, but this can easily be replaced with appropriate wildlife planting around the new development and that would be far more beneficial to wildlife.
As potential development sites go this one ticks virtually every box to get planning permission.
There certainly isn’t any point in wasting time undertaking a wildlife survey within the actual fields, what will there be after ploughing?
Andy
Present green field sites dont always currently support a varied wild life due to recent agricultural practises -- that doesnt mean they wont recover. You cant imply that green field is now brown field due to poor practise previously.
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