Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 4833
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Essex Wildlife Trust
Strategic options to the west of West Horndon (037A and 037B) would have the least harmful impact on important wildlife habitats. We would consider these options to be preferable.
Strategic options to the east of West Horndon (038) are unacceptable as they would adversely impact on priority ancient woodlands and wood pasture and parkland habitats which function as necessary linkage between Thorndon and Langdon.
We also object to the proposed allocation at Dunton, which would adversely impact on priority ancient woodland and deciduous woodland, hedgerows and field margins that function as a wildlife corridor linking habitats at Thorndon and the Langdon Ridge.
The strategic options to the west of West Horndon (037A and 037B) would have the least harmful impact on important wildlife habitats and species. We would therefore consider these options to be preferable if the council are minded to locate new development along the A127 transport corridor.
The strategic options to the east of West Horndon (038) are unacceptable as they would adversely impact on priority ancient woodlands and wood pasture and parkland habitats which function as necessary linkage components between Thorndon to the north and Langdon to the south east.
We would also object to the proposed allocation for the Dunton Garden Suburb further to the east, which would similarly have unacceptable adverse impacts on priority ancient woodland and deciduous woodland habitats, hedgerows and field margins that also function to create a wildlife corridor linking habitats at Thorndon and the Langdon Ridge.