Dear Jeremy

 

Westfield – I thought I should at least have a go at seeing if avoiding committee was possible as I perceive a risk of non-material matters being given weight by committee members.

 

Lunsford Cross - As stated in my e-mail of the 26^th March the work, although started,  has been scaled right back for an indeterminate period. I hope the e-mail attached below from our qualified ecologist (Dr Judd) who carried out the work to date demonstrates she has ensured that a suitable level of ecological mitigation has taken place commensurate with the work so far. When the work is again scheduled we will revisit the state of the planning process and reactivate actions required. This includes an Ecological Watching Brief and a Control Plan as part of the HASEMP to ensure that all appropriate mitigation is implemented during construction. This will still be relevant if the scheme is reactivated.

 

 

 

Dear Nick,

 

Thank you for forwarding on the email from Jeremy Patterson, his concern was:

 

The details submitted regarding Condition 5 (ii) and (iii) which accompanied your letter dated 19th March do not mention how harm to reptiles will be avoided. In the application, it was proposed to manage the vegetation prior to construction under an Ecological Watching Brief and that a Control Plan would be included in the HASEMP to ensure that all appropriate mitigation is implemented during construction.

 

I have attached the Environmental Control Plan that was in place in the HASEMP prior to work commencing in February. 

 

I carried out an Ecological watching brief on 4th February on the small area of hawthorn and blackthorn removed.  There was no understorey in the area affected and no rabbit burrows were found, so the clearance went ahead.

 

No watching brief was considered necessary to the north of the site, as no reptiles were found here during the survey.  However, I still checked this area for any debris suitable for reptiles to shelter under prior to any clearance of the poly tunnels and nothing was found.

 

Following that, the only work undertaken was reinstating the new fence line.  This work was carried out by hand using a petrol powered hand auger to dig the fence posts in the first week of April.  Given the amount of disturbance in the area was minor and the timing was very early in the season, it was not considered that a watching brief for this operation was necessary.  As far as I am aware, no further work was carried out following this work.

 

As previously discussed, the log pile was constructed in February to add some biodiversity interest to the site.

 

I hope that this answers all the outstanding questions and I apologise for not including this information previously.  If you do need any more information please let me know. 

 

With regards,

 

Georgina

 

 

 

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