Environmental Impact on Greenwich Park of the Olympic Equestrian Games

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From: John Bettelley

19 January 2010

Dear Natural England,

I had a previous request for information on this topic, which was
helpfully handled by Mr Darren Green; his last response was on 17th
September.

The planning application for the use of Greenwich Park in the
Equestrian Olympics is now with Greenwich Council, and objections
have been called for (by 27th January!)

With your last response was a copy of a memo from Dominic Coath to
Eve Campbell of 24 July 2009 on the Draft Scoping Opinion for the
Greenwich Park Equestrian Event. In it, he recommended that “LOCOG
should use this as an opportunity to provide a lasting legacy for
the natural environment by increasing the quantity and quality of
acid grassland and exploring any other opportunities for
biodiversity gain”, and said that “ The opportunities to provide
enhancements through habitat management and creation have not been
fully drawn out in the draft Scoping Opinion.”

In its planning submission, LOCOG said “An acid grassland
mitigation strategy will be agreed with The Royal Parks in
consultation with Natural England, the London Acid Grassland
Habitat Action Plan Working Group and English Heritage”.

This has clearly not been done, and I for one can have no
confidence that it will be done to the satisfaction of those bodies
until the process is completed.

Could Natural England confirm that they have been involved in
developing such a mitigation strategy, and when it might be
completed to their satisfaction?

Yours faithfully,

John Bettelley

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From: Seamons, Dick (NE)
Natural England

19 January 2010

Thanks.

Passed to Darren Green for a response.

Dick Seamons
Enquiry Service
Natural England
Northminster House
Peterborough
0845 600 3078

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From: Heathcote, Ben (NE)
Natural England

26 January 2010

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Dear Mr Bettelley

Please find attached our formal response to your request for information.

Regards,

Ben Heathcote

Ben Heathcote

Knowledge Management and Information Services

Natural England

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