A big thank you to everyone who supports the campaign to PROTECT WICKLESHAM QUARRY FROM DEVELOPMENT. 11th January 2016 is a key date and we urge you to lend your voice to the public consultation process! TOGETHER WE CAN PROTECT FARINGDON'S UNIQUE SITE OF BIO AND GEODIVERSITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS! "One of Britian's richest palaeontological sites." Wicklesham Quarry SSSI is too important to be buried under concrete and warehouses. It is the last exposure of the Faringdon Greensand geology of the Corallian Ridge, and its unique fossil record has contributed to the development of paleontology since the 17th century. The Convention on Biological Diversity: Wicklesham quarry is part of the West Oxford Heights Conservation Target Area (CTA). CTAs cover only 17% of the land map but support 83% of UK BAP priority species and 95% of Oxfordshire's SSSI sites. Wicklesham tetrad's 11 rare plant species and the quarry's mature breeding colonies of protected Great Crested Newts are intrinsically linked to its underlying geology. Objections to Faringdon Council's proposal to turn Wicklesham Quarry into an industrial warehousing (B2, B8) site must be made by 11TH JANUARY 2016 to the Vale of White Horse District Council, and will go forward to the independent planning inspector of Faringdon Neighbourhood Plan. You can make your objection online at: http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/services-and-advice/planning-and-building/planning-policy/neighbourhood-plans/faringdon-neighbourhoo In the next 2 weeks we shall post details of how Faringdon Neighbourhood Plan breaches the BASIC CONDITIONS. You can drop an email to protectwicklesham@gmail.com and request the submission points, to use in your own objection. Keep watching the updates for further information, and we will send you ALL submission points together if you drop an email to protectwicklesham@gmail.com. Thank you for your support! We cannot do this without YOUR VOICE!