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Representation ID: 4127

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Ms Madeline Holloway

Several semi-natural habitats are present within this site, including grassland, tall ruderals, scattered and dense scrub, mature deciduous woodland and, of course, Bradford Beck which bisects the site. It is possible that this relatively large site (5.02ha) may qualify as a Local Wildlife Site (LWS), passing the criteria used by West Yorkshire Ecology, such as a variety of habitats together with a range of notable plants, to categorise it as such.

Please can you ensure that a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Report (PEAR) is available for this site before placing it on the proposed housing allocation. On current information I believe that such a proposal would result in major habitat loss, with an associated major loss of local biodiversity, and the site should therefore be removed from the housing proposal.