Spring day on Chobham Common

[rlchew]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Is Chobham where a developer wanted to build some houses, or am I thinking of somewhere else?
If so....I'll go and lay down in front of their digger!

Julie

Chobham Common is bisected by the M3 so when ever that was built (I can't remember) I am sure there must have been some opposition. There may well have been some encroachment to the fringes through housing development but I do not recall any opposition campaign.

What I do remember is some controversial housing development a few years ago which encroached on the similar lowland heath habitat around Wareham in Dorset.

This is such a fragile and scarce habitat in the UK and it certainly requires protection for its wildlife.

Richard

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Is Chobham where a developer wanted to build some houses, or am I thinking of somewhere else?
If so....I'll go and lay down in front of their digger!

I don't know about that, but it's one of Europe's finest lowland heaths + was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1994; is an SSSI, so is about as protected as a site can be. The main problem comes from wicked arsonists or inorant fools dicarding dog ends, glass bottles, etc.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

I don't know about that, but it's one of Europe's finest lowland heaths + was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1994; is an SSSI, so is about as protected as a site can be. The main problem comes from wicked arsonists or inorant fools dicarding dog ends, glass bottles, etc.

It was this I was thinking of. See item 21 Nov!
BBC - Search results for chobham

[aeshna5]

Let's hope the developers are kept at bay! I don't remember that news item, but there were similar scenarios around some of the Dorset heaths.