Promoted Site CFS057 Land east of Star Lane and north of Poynters Lane, Great Wakering
The western section of promoted site CFS057, that lays south of Starlane Pits Wildlife Site should not be a promoted site for housing development, for the following reasons:
1) The Water’s Edge development by Taylor Wimpey that runs adjacent to the north of Starlane Pits Wildlife Site has had a detrimental impact on the Wildlife Site. What reassurances can be given that any further development to the south of the Wildlife Site on promoted site CFS057 will not have similar consequences? This is not a risk worth taking given the high volume of other promoted sites available for development.
2) The western section of promoted site CFS057 that lays south of Starlane Pits Wildlife Site should be promoted as an Open Space or Potential Wildlife Site or Regional Park. This would provide a natural extension to the existing Starlane Pits Wildlife Site, which is already teeming with wildlife and is ongoing works to improve the habitability of wildlife on the site even further. Therefore, by promoting this section of CFS057 that lays adjacent to an existing Starlane Pits Wildlife Site for Open Space / Regional Park / Wildlife site, it can provide a significant net biodiversity benefit as well as protecting and allowing enhancement of the Starlane Pits Wildlife Site.