The company behind the development of Evergreen Field has issued a statement to address concerns about the impact to wildlife on the site.
“The development has been designed to help promote wildlife with bird and bat boxes, hibernacula and hedgehog highways and sensitive wildlife friendly lighting strategy. With over half of the site being handed back as public open space, we’ve included native wildflower planting, nature pond and a mini beasts trail providing logs, insect hotels and rocks for invertebrates to thrive and help contribute to a developing local wildlife. Construction will be in accordance with the planning permission including the Ecological Impact Assessment. A Construction Management Plan is to be approved by Redbridge Council prior to any building works starting on site and contact details of the site manager posted at the front entrance,” said a spokesperson for Caerus Developments, who were awarded planning permission to build a block of flats on the site last month.
Construction of a four-storey development – including a children’s day nursery on the ground floor and 24 flats above – is expected to begin later this year. A new public open space equating to just under half the total site area will also be created.
The site – a patch of fenced-off land on Wanstead High Street, next to Christ Church Green – has not been used since 1967, when two homes that stood there were demolished.
