Consultation process
NANN - Arran Locality2. What are the local challenges facing nature in your area?
For example:
- is littering causing a hazard to wildlife?
- is development pushing wildlife away from their homes?
Consultation process
NANN - Arran LocalityFor example:
Forestry Land Scotland have proposed building a new, large jetty at Kingscross as contingency should their export facility in Brodick not be available. This could include a huge stackyard in the fields of Whitefield Farm. So the biggest challenge is from FLS !
The community is well connected and engaged with nature in this area - our challenge is to spread the word about how special the place is, and how worthy of protection. The long standing plans from Forestry and Land Scotland present a real and serious threat to our beautiful, tranquil area. Recognition of the uniquely special qualities here - our setting on Lamlash Bay, with views to Holy Isle, and the mountains of Arran. Safe and pleasant walking routes away from traffic. A sheltered bay for marine users. A stretch of rare Atlantic Rainforest which is under threat.
Maintaining a balance between nature, commerce and leisure users is possible, and our community needs help to maintain that balance. This is simply the wrong place for industrial development, which will damage the marine and land environment and the rare animals and plants, such as otters, bats and rare ferns and lichens that thrive in our unique conditions here.
Threatened by possible development of a logging operation which will be unsightly and intrusive in so many ways. Traffic noise light pollution. Damage to coastline including ancient woodland and rare species of plants.
The threat of further industrial development, most specifically the noise and pollution created, will severely impact nature in this area.
The threat of industrial scale development at Whitefield Farm by Forest and Land Scotland could have major impacts on local wildlife and habitats in the form of disturbance , land and water pollution ( threatening the Marine protected Area) and physical damage to ancient woodland adjoining the proposed jetty and loading area
There is a very real threat to local wildlife posed by current plans from FLS for the industrialisation of King's Cross. Local challenges therefore include but are not limited to:
Noise and light pollution which will adversely affect wildlife
The removal of existing trees and hedgerows resulting in loss of habitat
More commercial traffic on the narrow roads increasing the danger to local wildlife
There is a very real threat of industrialisation of Lamlash Bay and Kings Cross through a pending proposal by Forestry & Lands Scotland (FLS) to build large timber stackyards and a pier for timber exports at Whitefield Farm in the heart of KingsCross. This will bring unprecedented damage to the environment - air, water, land, pollution, aesthetics - which can not be reversed and will irrevocably change this beautiful area for generations to come. Even the preparatory work - surveys, assessments, building conversion - is affecting the local environment already.
The primary challenge to the area where I live (King's Cross) is from destruction of the ancient woodland and adverse effect on the Atlantic Rainforests around this stretch of coastline. Should the new owners of Whitefield Farm, Forestry Land Scotland (FLS), push ahead with their current plans to industrialise the whole area with a logging stack yard, new roads for large logging lorries, and large coastal pier to transport timber then everything that the NANN stands to protect will be lost. The area will change from one of peace, nature and tourism to an industrial site that will have a massive negative impact on the biodiversity through the destruction of habitat, noise pollution, and threat from chemical run-off . There are many people wanting to protect this from happening and are desperate to be involved in protecting and increasing the biodiversity. Being a site on the NANN would be a huge, much supported step to helping North Ayrshire Council achieve its goals.
access occasionally, sea, biodiversity loss (butterflies/mackerel)
maintenance of paths, woodland trust