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Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 15070
Received: 21/03/2018
Respondent: Miss Devonne Gardiner
There are numerous protected species of both plant, bird, and insect known to inhabit these sites. Many people use them to relive the stresses of everyday life, hence it will be very detrimental to the university's reputation, as eco-friendly and sustainable, to destroy so much habitat. As a student of the university, I chose to study here due to the extensive green space and diversity of wildlife present on campus, hence it is a massive part of the university's reputation. Developments like this only make it look bad.
This is a site which contains an extremely rare plant which only grows in Norfolk. This development is so close to a world leading plant research centre, that it will be highly damaging to the university and this research centres reputation if you destroy one of the sites where this plant grows. Not only that, it seems entirely unnecessary to destroy a perfectly good habitat in order to create artificial football pitches, when the UEA Sportspark is a mere walk away. Further to this, students and members of the public use these areas to unwind from the stresses of university and work, hence it is an important green space for peoples mental and physical health. As a university which appears to be eco-friendly and sustainable, it seems completely detrimental to remove the majority of green spaces to build an unnecessary club.