Edgeley Wildlife & Nature Reserve
www.edgeleywildlifereserve.com
WE Need Help Saving Our Wildlife Reserve!
Stockport County Football Club want to build a car park over our wildlife reserve.
Edgeley Wildlife Reserve Group object to the outline part of planning application DC/092211 which includes plans to develop, change and/or disturb a parcel of land (referred to as EWR) for the purpose of
the development of a car park south of the stadium.
Edgeley ward now consists of approximately 571 acres. Of those 571 acres, as things are, only 3.57 acres are capable of providing secure and safe space to wildlife in areas of any meaningful size. In percentage, that means that 99.3% of the surface area of Edgeley is incapable of supporting wildlife habitat to any consistent, self sustainable or meaningful degree.
This site is Edgeley’s ONLY area capable of sustaining wildlife to any meaningful degree
As the recent State of Nature Report shows, the decline in abundance of our wildlife is accelerating. Numbers of birds alone have almost halved in the last fifty years. Even comprehending this time scale, after over 3,500 years of British occupation since the Copper Age, is monumental. Now that the situation is recognised nationally (as well as globally) it is equally difficult to comprehend the lack of protection and designation of such sites at local level.
Already an existing refuge locally, with enhancement, this land as it is now, offers real potential in contributing toward stemming these declines nationally. The potential also exists for this land to benefit local community in other ways. Only by starting at local levels can anything change.
Stockport County Football Club want to build a car park over our wildlife reserve.
Edgeley Wildlife Reserve Group object to the outline part of planning application DC/092211 which includes plans to develop, change and/or disturb a parcel of land (referred to as EWR) for the purpose of
the development of a car park south of the stadium.
Edgeley ward now consists of approximately 571 acres. Of those 571 acres, as things are, only 3.57 acres are capable of providing secure and safe space to wildlife in areas of any meaningful size. In percentage, that means that 99.3% of the surface area of Edgeley is incapable of supporting wildlife habitat to any consistent, self sustainable or meaningful degree.
This site is Edgeley’s ONLY area capable of sustaining wildlife to any meaningful degree
As the recent State of Nature Report shows, the decline in abundance of our wildlife is accelerating. Numbers of birds alone have almost halved in the last fifty years. Even comprehending this time scale, after over 3,500 years of British occupation since the Copper Age, is monumental. Now that the situation is recognised nationally (as well as globally) it is equally difficult to comprehend the lack of protection and designation of such sites at local level.
Already an existing refuge locally, with enhancement, this land as it is now, offers real potential in contributing toward stemming these declines nationally. The potential also exists for this land to benefit local community in other ways. Only by starting at local levels can anything change.
Our Objection Summary
Read Our Objection Documents
Part 1 & 2: Introduction & Site Boundaries
Part 3: Ecology & Biodiversity
Part 3.b.: Visual Evidence
Part 4: Community, Health & Education
Part 5: Water, Drainage & Flooding
Part 6: Conservation Area Status (see Summary Letter)
Part 7: Alternatives
Part 8: Conclusions (see Summary Letter)
Appendix: Arboriculture Assessment (Response)
How You Can Help
Please contact your local Stockport councillor and tell them you want to save Edgeley Wildlife Reserve.
Please write to Stockport Metropolitan Council or email them at planning.dc@stockport.gov.uk
Please write to Stockport County Football Club.
You could also write to your local MP