(6) 3. Deletions

A few sites are being proposed for withdrawal from the Local Wildlife Sites register. These are (old SINC identification numbers are given for ease of reference):

• W2 "Hullbridge Wood" (1.8 ha) TQ808954; the habitat present is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria and the site has been degraded by intensive public access and inappropriate management;
• W3 "Hambro Hill Wood" (1.7 ha) TQ817921; this site does not appear on OS maps from the late 19th century and there is no other data available to justify its inclusion;
• W29. Buller's Grove (0.7 ha) TQ 885937; there is no data to justify this site's inclusion;
• W30 The Finches EWT Nature Conservation Area (0.8 ha) TQ905944; the habitat present is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria;
• W31 Bartonhall Grove (3.3 ha) TQ 906918; the habitat is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria and no species data is available;
• G1 A127 Special Roadside Verge (1700.0 metres) TQ778908 to TQ784906 and TQ782915 to TQ780907; habitat present is no longer of sufficient quality to meet site selection criteria
• M1. Blounts Mosaic (5.0 ha) TQ816926; the majority of habitat present is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria, but the wooded section at the eastern end has been added to W4 Blounts Wood;
• M2 Eastwood Rise Lake (3.7 ha) TQ834899; the habitat is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria and no species data is available; the site should be reviewed if access can be secured or survey information becomes available;
• M5 Creeksea Road Pits (20.9 ha) TQ922942; a considerable area of this site has been lost to land fill and no data is available on the remainder.
• FW1 Butts Hill Pond EWT Nature Conservation Area (0.3 ha) TQ899947; the habitat present is of insufficient quality to meet site selection criteria; Great Crested Newts present, but no survey data to suggest a population significant enough at a local level to warrant inclusion.