The Borough Biodiversity Officer has now commented on the application and seems to find no problem with it apart from the absence of a suitable fence between the site and the badger setts. However, his remarks refer to a survey submitted by the applicants of which we can find no trace on the SBC website. Unless, of course, it is a reference to the survey we mentioned in the previous post which accompanied the application in August. Either that or there is something is amiss with the SBC website. We'll let you know.
There is also a new "plan" on the website. It is actually a drawing of the proposed development but there is nothing to explain what it is or in what way it differs from the previous version. Déjà vu anyone? This is par for the course. SBC has never provided any online information about new submissions or why they have been submitted.
Our guess is that it is the applicants' response to the Biodiversity Officer's comments about fencing. Unfortunately, we can't tell for sure because the zoom facility on the document web page doesn't work nor does the PDF download facility. The result is that you can't view the drawing in sufficient detail. What with this and other problems experienced by contributors to the Blog and residents alike, we think a note to our Borough Councillor is called for. You might wish to do the same.
