Post by rosegriffin on Feb 9, 2013 13:14:05 GMT
Basildon Council has employed the Landscape Partnership to carry out a Landscape Character Assessment. The character assessment includes a review of the history, environment and wildlife in the Basildon Borough Council area.
Carole and Rose attended the Stakeholder Consultation on behalf of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Residents Association on Wednesday 6th February.
We spoke about the history of the area.
We also put forward our claim that Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet forms a Wildlife Corridor between East Anglia and the Essex Marshes. The volume of wildlife seen, or that we have become aware of, has increased since the RSPB recently took over the Bowers Marshes and other sites e.g. Canvey Marshes.
The Landscape Partnership has asked us to send photos of wildlife; any outstanding views (as they have only seen BG&NB during the winter months); sites of historical interest e.g. old cottages; the pump off Burnt Mills Road. In fact, anything that you think would prove useful to the study by 31st March 2013. At this point the outcome of the study will be fed back to Basildon Council for input into the new core strategy.
Any evidence of rare species would also be of importance. Again, photos would be great but even a note of a sighting which you have made would help our claim.
Please send your photos and/or note of any sightings etc. to secretary@bowersgifford.info for onward transmission to the Landscape Partnership. Please also load them up on to this forum (you will have to register first - see easy user guide on home page). If you cannot upload on to the website then we will do it for you.
Many thanks for any help you can provide because evidence of the Wildlife Corridor could save our village (and the wildlife) from greedy developers!!!!
Carole and Rose attended the Stakeholder Consultation on behalf of Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Residents Association on Wednesday 6th February.
We spoke about the history of the area.
We also put forward our claim that Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet forms a Wildlife Corridor between East Anglia and the Essex Marshes. The volume of wildlife seen, or that we have become aware of, has increased since the RSPB recently took over the Bowers Marshes and other sites e.g. Canvey Marshes.
The Landscape Partnership has asked us to send photos of wildlife; any outstanding views (as they have only seen BG&NB during the winter months); sites of historical interest e.g. old cottages; the pump off Burnt Mills Road. In fact, anything that you think would prove useful to the study by 31st March 2013. At this point the outcome of the study will be fed back to Basildon Council for input into the new core strategy.
Any evidence of rare species would also be of importance. Again, photos would be great but even a note of a sighting which you have made would help our claim.
Please send your photos and/or note of any sightings etc. to secretary@bowersgifford.info for onward transmission to the Landscape Partnership. Please also load them up on to this forum (you will have to register first - see easy user guide on home page). If you cannot upload on to the website then we will do it for you.
Many thanks for any help you can provide because evidence of the Wildlife Corridor could save our village (and the wildlife) from greedy developers!!!!
