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Representation ID: 25283

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Tong & Fulneck Valley Association

Agent: Richard Buxton Solicitors

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF BLP IN BRADFORD SOUTH EAST.

Have been overlooked/not assessed. Fields/woodlands are home to hundreds of species of birds, mammals, insects and plants. Removal of green fields for housing removes habitats/food sources leading to further decline in biodiversity.

SE46/H, SE47/H & SE37/H would sever the Bradford Wildlife Habitat Network. SE45/H - Black Carr Woods LWS & SEGI is 65m from it and overlaps with an area of Network Enhancement Zone 2 of the National Habitat Network (strategically important for habitat creation), which would inconsistent with housing proposed. A missed opportunity for future habitat creation to offset biodiversity losses elsewhere.

Loss of hedgerows has not been taken into account in assessing the sustainability of the proposals.

Area ideal to bring forward tree-planting schemes to meet commitments in the Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration. Development will make this difficult to achieve. As well as meeting commitments, it forms an integral part is protection of existing trees, hedgerows and ecological networks.