Object
Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 14676
Received: 20/03/2018
Respondent: Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership
We conditionally object to this proposal. This site includes a chalk pit of geological interest, listed in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit as site BRL15. It provides degraded exposures of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division. The site has a history of research (Peake 1960, Pitchford 1990, Whittlesea 2007) and is a former geological SSSI and also a CWS. If development were granted we strongly request that plans be made conditional upon providing geological exposures of chalk to make a nature conservation area for Green Infrastructure, thus conserving the site's geological as well as wildlife interest.
Object
We conditionally object to this proposal.
We note that this site includes a chalk pit of geological interest, listed in the Norfolk Geodiversity Audit as site BRL15. It provides degraded exposures of the Cretaceous Campanian Chalk of the Beeston Chalk sub-division, B.mucronata/langei Zone. It is recorded as having 2.5m of mostly soft white chalk with three flint bands which enable correlation with sites elsewhere. The significance of the site is underlined by its history of research (Peake 1960; Pitchford 1990; Whittlesea 2007) and its former designation as a geological SSSI (denotified because of loss of exposures). It is is also a County Wildlife Site (ref.no.2016).
If development were granted we strongly request that plans be made conditional upon providing geological exposures of chalk as part of a nature conservation area. These could meaningfully be included as a valuable part of Green Infrastructure provision, and would conserve the site's geological as well as wildlife interest.