It is disappointing to learn that contractors of Bellway Homes have already removed a hedgerow in the field adjacent to Houlgate Way where Lavender Rise is due to be built.
Sedgemoor District Council has declared a biodiversity and removing hedgerows without first having planted new ones and allowing them to mature robs small birds, animals and insects of their homes.
Bellway state on their website that...
We aim to minimise adverse effects on the environment and, where possible, to seek environmental enhancements
...but they are already doing the opposite. They have the legal right to build the 53 new houses, but we urge them to plant the mini wildlife reserve now to mitigate any further damage that it caused. The reserve it at the bottom of the site, so it will not be affected, nor cause any delays to, the forthcoming construction works.
