Comment
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 18229
Received: 12/03/2018
Respondent: Essex Wildlife Trust
Development at this site must be designed to protect the sensitive woodland habitat from harm and should provide generous buffer habitat around the woodland, with alternative green space provided to reduce recreational impacts.
Site allocations at Officer's Meadow, land off Alexander Lane: this site includes a section of Arnold's Wood Complex Local Wildlife. The Arnold's Wood Complex comprises sections of fragmented ancient woodland, with some recent secondary woodland within the network of railway lines. Prior to the construction of the various railway lines, this Site is thought to have comprised three separate ancient woods (Arnold's Wood, Arnold's Shaw and Brickley Shaw), as indicated by their structure and floral composition. Since then, recent woodland has spread within the railway land to help link these three woods
ecologically. Development at this site must be designed to protect the sensitive woodland habitat from harm and should provide generous buffer habitat around the woodland, with alternative green space provided to reduce recreational impacts.