| Re: Snoasis
I know Bob Stebbings well and just read his report more thoroughly.
I was wrong, and I do apologise to mrs Fish, the Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme is present in the area and that is obviously what she was referring to.
Bob Stebbings is a highly respected bat expert and I accept his concerns.
However, people must understand what the site used to be. For years, it was a very large cement production factory with a large concrete chimney, far taller than Snoasis, which used to spew out tons of dust which would settle on cars, washing, everything.
I know, because I used to live in the next village at Claydon, worked at BSP and on the construction of the large fuel depot just up the road, and I was always cleaning my vehicle because of the dust.
Surely Snoasis will not be as bad as the cement factory, even less so now because they have to produce their own electricity, how cleanly only time will tell.
It may surprise you to know I do not want Snoasis to be built, mainly because land will be lost where chalk grassland can be created which could support more Orchids and other scarce species.
I write this only to put things in a truer perspective.  |