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proposed SINC site at Ferry Fields. Despite the Wildlife Trust arguing for the
conservation of the site and evidence being provided to show that the site
contained an invertebrate fauna easily comparable to that of SSSIs in the
Thames Estuary region, planning permissions were given in December 1996 and
all meaningful nature conservation interest of the site will shortly be lost
forever. No acknowledgment was made in the planning process of the presence
and importance of these populations and no mitigation measures were
considered. Correspondence with the Chief Planning Officer received cursory
repetitive replies containing no answers to my specific questions and with no
explanation of the grounds for the Planning Office's recommendations to the
Planning Committee. Further correspondence has subsequently been ignored.
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