tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post2879536546700095252..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: UPDATED: Harrrow Council warn Plymouth Brethren that killing slow worms at The Ridgeway, Harrow, development site would be a criminal offenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-45904919219421093852021-01-12T00:58:58.865+00:002021-01-12T00:58:58.865+00:00Advised Allotment Holders of Hedgehog Protections ...Advised Allotment Holders of Hedgehog Protections and Slug pellets that can kill healthy hedgehogs that ingest slugs that have ingested the slug pellets and are dying off. These slugs are then very easy to prey for the hedgehogs who live on slugs. Vets have identified the same poison in dying hedgehogs brought to them by the caring-public. <br />A court case was won to Ban Slug Pellets approx. 2018 but was overturned by a major Slug pellet producer ! Needs revisiting ! Brent Parks ForumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-31802734097504753072021-01-11T23:22:17.105+00:002021-01-11T23:22:17.105+00:00I think you will find that the applicants own ecol...I think you will find that the applicants own ecological assessment says "However as a precaution it is recommended that any vegetation clearance should be undertaken by hand towards the allotments beyond the Northern boundary of the site. (Between the inner fence and boundary fence) Any piles of wood or other discarded materials should be cleared carefully by hand. To enhance the proposed site for reptiles, hedgehogs and invertebrates, log piles should be placed within the site boundaries to provide hibernation and resting opportunities" Now 20-25 "volunteers" turning up with chainsaws and blitzing everything to the ground in a 150 metres by 10 metres strip of land in the space of 7 hours, is not keeping to their own recommendations that were contained within their own planning application. The question is now whether Harrow Council can trust anything the Brethren have put in their planning application? So if by some miracle they were to get planning permission, how can they be trusted to provide any of the green aspects they have put in their application. The strip of green corridor in question is also mentioned in their plans as a possible screening option between the allotment site and the Brethren site moving forward. So can this organisation who have moved themselves to the green fields of Norfolk and deserted Harrow be trusted to adhere to anything they have put on paper. Will 7 stories become 10 etc.... When I first got my allotment over 20 years ago, the Brethren had plots on the site, including one of their trustees - Peter Barnes - who was a lovely chap and told me how they had saved the allotments and saved the green areas by using the site for community use and building their church in the far corner of the site. He told me how they had retained and enhanced the trees and green corridors. Sadly Peter died, as did a few of the Brethren flock that had allotments on the site. Those who have taken over from them have ditched their values, they have become money driven and no longer value the green areas of Harrow. There are churches that would love to move into the site. To be continuedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-57892361795444765732021-01-11T18:28:10.658+00:002021-01-11T18:28:10.658+00:00Harrow councillor thanks Emma for being 'since...Harrow councillor thanks Emma for being 'sincere and factual'. Did it come as a surprise to him?<br /><br />Harrow and Brent Councils could do with more members who are sincere and factual, so why don't more people vote Green in local elections? It would make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-12110754503014475042021-01-10T18:40:10.978+00:002021-01-10T18:40:10.978+00:00When Harrow Council had already called for an Ecol...When Harrow Council had already called for an Ecological Re survey of the site due to the time lapse since their original survey request was made, there must have been a sound basis for the Re survey request. For Steve Whitbread's benefit, on what basis has he based his conclusions below? He apparently stated <br /><br />"They were within their rights to carry out such work since these had no direct impact on protected species or their shelters". He wouldn't know that until someone with bat experience had carried out an updated survey to confirm current usage. Bats don't just roost in trees, they use them as foraging lines and for feeding on insects attracted by tree and shrub foliage. Whether Bats use a site, however occasionally, can depend on prevailing weather conditions affecting sites and that is why a Re survey should have taken place to confirm its status. Instead of issuing bland comments in an attempt to overcome criticism of Harrow Council's inaction when this vandalism took place, they should consider the real reason for these surveys. Furthermore how can a statement like, "the planning application will be assessed as if the trees and shrubs were all still there"? Once removed the evidence of usage would no longer be available. That was the underlying reason for the Brethren's rapid site clearance. All very convenient. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com