BBOWT's Woodsides Meadow Nature Reserve has been included in the plans for one of the Government's 'eco-towns' at Weston-on-the-Green in Oxfordshire.
The proposed development would involve building up to 15,000 homes, 10 schools, plus shops, businesses, a station, road networks and a bridge. This would bring people, traffic and pollution to a unique area where BBOWT has been protecting and nurturing fragile wildlife for over 20 years.
Woodsides Meadow is part of Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Close SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) - one of the largest complexes of rich wildflower meadow in Britain.
The impact of the proposed development is so great that it would not be enough just to move its boundary to skirt the nature reserve and other areas important to wildlife. We need to put a stop to the development altogether.
BBOWT is not opposed to eco-towns in principle, nor the need for more housing - if it is in the right place.
BBOWT was never even consulted about the development before it was announced to the public, but plans are advancing fast. As it stands, we can't allow this proposal to go ahead.
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