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| Artist's impression of how the development (which includes a 'woodland fringe') might look |
A FIELD on the southern edge of Scartho has been earmarked for a new housing estate.
A consortium of builders - Humberside Land Developers - has applied to build up to 250 homes on 13.6-hectares of arable farmland off Louth Road with proposed access via Side Lane which is currently just a gravel path.
Surely, this will lead to loss of precious wildlife?
Not so, says Kevin Johnson, the ecologist commissioned by the applicants to carry out an onsite survey?
In a report, he says no evidence was found of nestings birds, nor amphibians, nor reptiles.
What about mammals such a foxes, deer, badgers, water voles, hares or rabbits?
Again, nothing at all apart from one wood mouse - which was dead.
Nearby residents are being invited to comment on the proposal in advance of the proposal being determined by North East Lincolnshire Council.
Up to 350 homes could be built on field if NELC grants planning consent
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