From Hilary Marshall:

THE proposed location for the new cattle market and

agri-business park in Holsworthy, is presently Arscott

Community Wo­odland.

Community woodlands were established for the benefit of

people, wildlife and, by locking up carbon, the wider

environment. Surely there should be a presumption

against building development on publicly-funded wildlife

havens.

I first visited the site with the Holsworthy Walk and

Talk group and have been back to enjoy the wildlife —

such as sedge warblers singing, dragonflies hatching at

the pond, redpoll and many other birds feeding in the

planted trees which are beginning to bear fruit and seeds,

snipe and meadow pipits on the grassland area, to name

but a few.

I urge anyone else who is concerned about the

destruction of this habitat to make their views known.

There is a meeting in the Memorial Hall on December 1

from 6pm to 9pm, when an update on the proposals will

be presented.

Beaworthy.