Snoasis

[mrs fish]

The public inquiry started yesterday (24th Jan) into this monster they want to bulid in Suffolk.
I am against it (naturally) not only is it the wildlife,rare pond bat, great crested newts, bat hibernation caves etc it is the energy it takes to run the place etc etc

Here is link Snoasis Concern - Home

and here is inquiry diary which will be updated dailyhttp://www.snoasisconcern.com/view.aspx?ID=168


The snoasis concern people put a hot air balloon in the sky at the start of the campaign to show how high the ski slope would be and it was sabotaged.

It is not going to be an easy fight

[mrs fish]

Have you all got shares in the place?

[mrs fish]

Latest

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content...A31%3A25%3A140

[hobble]

Just the sort of place I would avoid, have read they have to go down the green route to secure planning. This is the way a lot of plans for buildings are being allowed these days regardless of the destruction of our wild areas.
As you have said in your posts it is likely to go ahead along with everything else people seem to protest about, democracy of sorts?

[Crested Newt]

Its disgusting being only a few miles from me, I hear some rare bats would be disturbed by the work (anyone know the species name??). It might benefit in some ways but NOT on the environment.

[fairplay]

I believe Mrs Fish means the not so rare Daubentons Bat when she talks about the 'very rare pond bat'. Natterers Bat is the other important species present.

The bat cave is off site and will be undisturbed, what will probably be disturbed is their flight patterns and only experts will be able to say if that is a serious issue.

There is a high density of Badgers in this part of Suffolk, they may or may not be affected.

As for Gt Crested Newts, I'm sure enthusiasts have had lots of practice in transferring these from other ponds in the past and probably the same will happen in this case.

Right, having cleared up these exaggerations, perhaps Mrs Fish can tell us if Snoasis is going to be built on the old dusty cement factory site, or in the old quarry being used for landfill.

[mrs fish]

Snoasis will cover a large area as it will have yatching lakes a nine hole golf course as well as the snow complex, hotels,shops,train station and new roads.
BBC - Suffolk Don't Miss - Should SnOasis be built?

The only good to come out of it from my point of view will be less people flying off to Europe every winter for ski-ing.

[Crested Newt]

I helped move some Crested Newts this morning, moved 15 SAFELY to another pond. They seemed happy enough and at least they were safe. Also Mrs Fish is right, The Pond Bat is a species, she did not mean the Daubentons Bat, the Pond Bat is rare and inhabits that area. Its actually a species. Look it up.

[fairplay]

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.

[mrs fish]

I used to live on Chalk Hill Lane so know the area quite well.
Thanks for confirmation about the pond bat and Bob Stebbings as I was begining to wonder if it was true as the only sighting of the bat I could find in the uk was in Kent.

Do I take it the caves where alot of bats hibernate in winter and the sand cliffs where the sand martins breed is not going to be affected by Snoasis ?

I don't want to see Snoasis built