Support the policy in general. However, The current Scraptoft nature reserve is too important to the local community to be de-designated and the land built on. This part of the proposal is in conflict with the made Scraptoft Neighbourhood Plan, Policy S11, which highlights the nature reserve as an important element of the Green Wedge between Scraptoft and Leicester City.

The area was given nature reserve status in 2002, following an ecological report conducted in 1999. LCC ecologists revisited the site in May 2017 and reported, contrary to the findings of consultants acting for the SDA promoter, that:
- there had been no deterioration in the bio diversity of the site which meets the current local wildlife criteria for scrub-grassland habitat mosaics
- the site is well used by members of the public;
- there was no evidence of anti-social behaviour;
- a wide range of bird life, insects, trees, shrubs and herb rich areas of grassland was identified.