The Land East Of Horndean application was expected to be submitted by WGY at the end of August, and at this time has been delayed a little.
The development site has been found to be habitat for a rare breed of bats known as ‘Bechsteins Bats’ and the developers have had to trap some under licence, stick transponders on them and monitor their movements to ensure clear flight paths for foraging can be designed in.
According to Wikipedia there are perhaps 1,000 of these bats in the UK, and they are a highly endangered species. as a result they are heavily protected. Based on the numbers found in the two roosts it seems most of them are at Hazleton Farm!
The bat specialists have concluded their studies and the final impact is being designed into the masterplan now. WYG expect to get the application in by the end of September which will be in good enough time to help demonstrate suitable alternatives to our less preferred sites.
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Can we transfer some bats to White Dirt Farm.?
Hi Bill, What a wicked thought that is, and I would be dishonest if I said it had not come up in conversation in the past! This species of bat has been a reason on its own to prevent a development from going ahead at all. At Land East Of Horndean they are having to design in bat corridors to ensure their habitat will not be affected. Guy.
What about the flying pigs?
Steve, final warning, please keep comments on the blog objective and respectful. As it is I have to manually remove some of yours from the spam filter. I am very happy to debate different views and the nature of it is that not everyone will agree but please only continue posting if you can do so objectively and respectfully to me and the other people who post comments.
Guy. Come on now,stop being so nit picking, where has your since of humour gone? This is the fun time for you guys, this is where you start telling us how you have listened to all our wows and how the future is going to be bright and we can all sleep peacefully at night knowing that the captains are in control of our destiny. All you guys have the same message! So we have to go with our hearts and those that we can trust and believe in.
I am very happy to be measured by who the community trust and believe in. Roll on the 7th May!
Good man Guy, that’s what I like a man who is not afraid of a challenge