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Originally Posted by Barrowhillbetty  Thank you for that very interesting information!
Here is a link to the website of the main developer who plan 130 houses or apartments, although as confirmed by our local councillor, the council have stated 200 houses will be built on the land so we pressume that another developer will be involved at some point. Midland Heart - Dudley Extra Care |
There may well have been an ecological appraisal produced for this proposal, it might be worth getting hold of a copy to see what their assessment has been. The local planning authority should be able to help you track it down.
I also agree with thes3raph, trying to stop a development on a plot of land that has been allocated for housing within a local plan is like trying to stop a herd of stampedeing bulls, If you just stand in front of them trying to stop them you are very likely to get ignored and flattened, you may want to consider a 'plan b' where you give the stampeding developers a different way out for example if they provide funds to the local wildlife truust to improve conditions within exsiting reserves for skylark - or even to buy extra land - you won't give them so much grief.
I totally appreciate this is not the scenraio you want, that really you want to preserve this portion of land but perhaps if it starts to look like you won't suceed, it is better to get something for wildlife than nothing.