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TR010030: M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley Interchange Improvement Updates From: To: M25 Junction 10 Cc: Subject: Re. Planning Act 2008 (as amended) and the Infrastructure Planning (Examination) - 15.02.2021 Date: 01 March 2021 15:17:11 Attachments: image001.png image004.png RE Updates for M25 junction 10A3 Wisley interchange improvement.msg To whom it may concern: Thank you for your letter dated 15 February 2021 to Surrey Wildlife Trust as an Interested Party to the M25 J10 Improvement Scheme. We have nothing to add to our comments first sent in our email of Monday 16/11/2020 at 14:45 on this matter (re-attached to this for reference). Please note has now left the Trust. Yours sincerely, Mike Waite MCIEEM Living Landscapes, Policy & Research Manager Surrey Wildlife Trust School Lane l Pirbright l Surrey l GU24 0JN Tel. email. @surreywt.org.uk From: NI Mail Distribution [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 February 2021 16:07 To: Andrew Jamieson Subject: Updates for M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement TR010030: M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement Updates Hi Andrew Jamieson The Secretary of State has issued a consultation letter (PDF, 129 KB) requesting comments from all Interested Parties by Monday 1 March 2021. See M25 junction 10/A3 Wisl… TR010030: M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement Updates Hi Andrew Jamieson The Secretary of State has issued a consultation letter (PDF, 129 KB) requesting comments from all Interested Parties by Monday 1 March 2021. See M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement for more information. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to project updates. You can unsubscribe from these updates anytime by clicking unsubscribe or copy and paste the link below into your browser. https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/email-unsubscription.php/? [email protected]&project=TR010030&code=7fac78abf9222c81c41ff19ae04db39c Please note we are now using GOV.​UK Notify as our mail service so these updates are sent from a different mail address. There are no other changes to these notifications and you will continue to receive updates as before. Note: Please do not reply to this message as it was sent from a notification-only address that doesn’t accept incoming messages. P Please consider the environment before printing this email Are you a member of Surrey Wildlife Trust? Help protect Surrey’s wildlife by joining as a member or making a donation. Surrey Wildlife Trust cares for more than 9,000 hectares of the county’s countryside and could not carry out vital conservation work without the support of members, supporters and volunteers. To join and to find out more about the benefits of SWT membership, visit www.surreywildlifetrust.org/join. This e-mail and any attachment is confidential and contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the author immediately by telephone or by replying to this e-mail, and then delete all copies of the e-mail on your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. Whilst we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure that this e-mail and any attachment has been checked for viruses, we cannot guarantee that they are virus free and we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses. We would advise that you carry out your own virus checks, especially before opening an attachment. Surrey Wildlife Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales No. 645176. Registered Charity No. 208123. Charities Aid Foundation 'Give As You Earn' Registration No. 005805. From: To: [email protected]. Cc: Subject: RE: Updates for M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement Date: 16 November 2020 14:45:31 Attachments: image001.png Dear Natasha Kopala, Reference your letter 4th November 2020 We strongly urge you to maintain the full extent of replacement land contained within the scheme presented to the Planning Inspectorate earlier this year. Both the ratios and work plans, leading to biodiversity enhancements, are in front of you and were presented to the Planning Inspectorate. The support of local stakeholders for the scheme was founded on the full amount of replacement land being included within the proposals. The replacement land areas will significantly increase biodiversity around an internationally protected wildlife site mirroring the approach of “bigger, better and more joined up” set out in Sir John Lawton’s 2010 seminal document “Making Space for Nature” and responded to in the government’s “The natural choice: securing the value of nature” White Paper of June 2011. Much of the content of these documents is now appearing in the Environment Bill. The replacement land will help draw or deflect visitors from the core Special Protection Area site thereby reducing the pressure on the protected species that inhabit the heath. All the best, Director of Biodiversity (Surrey Wildlife Trust) Tel: Email: @surreywt.org.uk A rodent looking at the camera Description automatically generated .
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