Councillor's Views, Surbiton Neighbourhood Meeting 12. 12 .12
Summary of Points by Councillors who were unanimous in finding that the 'Special Circumstances' to develop MOL had not been met Cllr Shard I do not find the necessary ‘special circumstances’ required to build on Metropolitan Open Land Could not see how the bats would find a dark corridor to their foraging area across the site The report does not state that Natural England support the development or that they want it to happen This is a development where Hydro want to showcase their technology and to mitigate the loss of MOL it has come up with the nature reserve Cllr Heathcote I have not heard anything that overrides the primary importance of MOL We must retain as much open space in Surbiton as we can Hydro has not acted as a true guardian of this site either of its historic significance or its ecology How can they claim to be for the ecology when there is an overprovision of parking and...