Object

Representation ID: 2805

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jessica Short

My objections to this planned proposal are as follows:
-More affordable brownfield sites must be considered first, greenbelt can only be used 'in exceptional circumstances', therefore not in line with national planning policy.
-Negative impacts on the local environment for plants and wildlife. Loss of habitat and food sources for bats, badgers, deer, bird life, moths, butterflies, amphibians and reptiles. Thus negatively impacting BMDC's Biodiversity Policy and Green Infrastructure Corridors.
-Loss of protected woodland means rise in carbon dioxide because not absorbed and stored by trees. Trees felled, plus high water tables means risk of flooding downhill/downstream.
-More traffic means harmful rises air and noise pollution to wildlife. Resident's physical and mental health negatively impacted.
-Rise in vehicles idling, whilst waiting to join already highly polluted roads aggravates asthma, COPD and all respiratory diseases.
-More pressure on already squeezed infrastructures eg school places, doctors, road maintenance, public transport, waste collection.