Newbury council plans for 'hedgehog highways' rejected

The hedgehog population is down in rural areas by between 30% and 75%, according to a reporta condition for new housing developments to include holes in fencing to help stop the decline of the mammal.

But West Berkshire Council, which is the planning authority, refused the request, saying it was "an over burdening condition" for planning.The petition said the hedgehog population was declining partly because landscapes were being fenced off into ever smaller fragments.

Try banning plastic lawns first.

Well it should not have been. The amount of road kill hedgehogs is terrible. 🥲 They do a run for frogs so now they can sign post at least for these endearing little chaps. They are so adorable

That would be the West Berkshire Council Tory Administration, denyers of species extinction.

Murderous slatterns

Any that survive the devastation a ‘new build’ creates would most likely avoid the area until it settles down again and they build up confidence, it would not be a major issue for each home to do the opening in the fence themselves, I cut mine out and have often seen movements.

We dont care do we

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