Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98538
Received: 24/09/2019
Respondent: Mrs R Hope
Once again I write about gravel pit situation, and once more I suppose my letter will fail to have any impact but I will try again.
My concerns are always the same the failure to take into account of the wonderful wildlife and habitat here on the common surround.
The common is supposed to be a conservation area with strict rules if any one who lives here wish to build a conservatory or change windows etc. The pits are now at the very edge of the common with all that entails noise and ugly machinery.
The pond nearest the pit has a spring well been there hundreds of years it now seizes to bubble the pit must have gone below the water level while the pit fills up the surrounds are drying up. There is another pond the other end of the common, near were another pit is proposed will that dry up as well its bigger and a bit deeper has fish and tadpoles frogs toads etc. The wildlife no longer live there we use to have swans duck and moorhens?
I don't understand the mentality of land owner who some time ago put in planning and was successful to put in a wild life park near here for endangered animals from abroad a noble cause, but at the same time destroying our local wildlife as we are losing our little patches of copses the only sign of park as so far are huge earth barriers around fields and woods in Watlington.
I hope this time our protests will be took in account as there is now more interest world wide in conservation.
Once again I write about gravel pit situation, and once more I suppose my letter will fail to have any impact but I will try again.
My concerns are always the same the failure to take into account of the wonderful wildlife and habitat here on the common surround.
The common is supposed to be a conservation area with strict rules if any one who lives here wish to build a conservatory or change windows etc. The pits are now at the very edge of the common with all that entails noise and ugly machinery.
The pond nearest the pit has a spring well been there hundreds of years it now seizes to bubble the pit must have gone below the water level while the pit fills up the surrounds are drying up. There is another pond the other end of the common, near were another pit is proposed will that dry up as well its bigger and a bit deeper has fish and tadpoles frogs toads etc. The wildlife no longer live there we use to have swans duck and moorhens?
I don't understand the mentality of land owner who some time ago put in planning and was successful to put in a wild life park near here for endangered animals from abroad a noble cause, but at the same time destroying our local wildlife as we are losing our little patches of copses the only sign of park as so far are huge earth barriers around fields and woods in Watlington.
I hope this time our protests will be took in account as there is now more interest world wide in conservation.