Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78671
New Towns: Planning Permission
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Paul Holmes
Conservative — Hamble Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question HL7834 on New Towns: Planning Permission, if she will set out in which designated parts of the Swanscombe Peninsula were jumping spide
Answer
Mary CreaghThe distinguished jumping spider (Attulus distinguendus) is found on the northern section of Swanscombe Peninsula, Kent, which is one of only two locations in the UK where it can be found, the other being Thurrock Marshes. Its prevalence is extremely low,...
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