Wealthy Chris Evans has needled Britain’s leading hedgehog expert with a plan to build a block of flats. The Virgin Radio DJ could be poised to make £15million from putting up 14 luxury apartments on the site of his disused mansion.
But the scheme in Ascot, Berks, has become a prickly subject for neighbour and zoologist Dr Pat Morris because of the effect on wildlife.
Dr Morris, president of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, said: “We don’t like how development is being done around here. “It’s a particular problem with Chris Evans’ site, which is one of the areas good for wildlife.
They’re all being slowly eroded, and nibbled at, and lost – we’re not overjoyed at the development at all. “There’s loads of money to be made in it
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