Development at 204 -210c Cambridge Road and part of Kingsmeadow: Application 20/02216
Yet another issue for Norbiton and overdevelopment in an Area of Deficiency to access to open space: loss of biodiversity, development of land destined for leisure but a very sad destruction of a population of slow worms. 16 slow worms at Kingsmeadow https://youtu.be/S_qOgYzJIlM I have written the following letter to the Planning Department. Dear Kingston Planning Department I have objected to the above application on the council’s website but I wanted to add a video of the slow worms at this site https://youtu.be/S_qOgYzJIlM to show that the mitigation strategy is also flawed due to the numbers of animals as well as the timing as indicated in the document attached. This is an unusual population in such an urban area. The site was only surveyed during July and I have found a greater number of adult slow worms than the report attests. Slow worms are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside as amended under the CROW ACT 2000 but also they are a Priority Species u...