Hoo Development Framework

I am opposed to the implementation of a proposed footway and cycle facility shown on pg 55. This is directly adjacent to our Forest School area which is used daily by our children. Each morning we do a sweep of the site and pick up full bottles of urine, empty bottles of alcohol and various other pieces of rubbish that have been thrown from moving vehicles over the fence and into our site. The children complete learning right up to the fence line on a daily basis and it would be a safeguarding issue for members of the public to be able to stop and see/interact with our children as and when they wished to. We would not have the staffing to patrol this long area of fence line. We also have a huge amount of wildlife that live within our Forest School - 2 families of foxes, hedgehogs and slow worms plus numerous species of birds which live unaffected presently as fast moving traffic is the only disturbance they have. I would urge you to rethink this proposal as we have taken 2 and a half years to get Forest School to where it is now - we have planted saplings, created a wild meadow area, maintained the older trees, fed nesting robins, created bug hotels, seating area with fire pit and our children would be devastated if they were unable to use this area any more. I would not feel I was upholding my duty as safeguarding lead if I was to let any child go into this area knowing that anyone could interact with them at any given moment. I feel if you were to put a huge fence along the whole of the Forest School area this may highlight the fact there is something there and may make people curious as to what is behind the fence and they may want to climb over. I hope you understand my views on this and this is echoed by all children in school.

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