06/07/2019
Villagers
in Ovington, Northumberland, are challenging a developer that has erected bird
netting. The nets went up last November in the village, covering a large
hedgerow along Post Office Lane, forcing the local parish council to register a
number of objections.
Last
November Malcolm Buttery, of Stockton, applied for planning permission to build
a detached dwelling and garage, with the nets placed during the spring of this
year. Ovington Parish Council said: "Ovington Parish Council and many
residents of Ovington village are strongly opposed to the hedgerow netting
which has now been in place for approximately four months.
"There
is no evidence of the netting in Ovington being monitored. It has also been
poorly maintained and the netting does not fully enclose the hedge.” The parish
council has written to both the applicant's ecological consultants and the
county council to express its concern. The proposed development has led to 26
objections.
The
developments in Ovington are the latest in a run of anti-bird netting
incidents, including cases in Somerset and Cumbria.
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