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Hedgehogs and badgers get 'right to roam' with gaps in fences aroudn paintball centre

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Stressed-out hedgehogs and badgers around a paintball centre in Greater Manchester's largest area of green belt woodland are getting a "right to roam".

A backdated planning application for the fun-seekers facility - launched in 2014 - has been approved by councillors on Salford's planning and transportation regulatory panel.

But after concerns were raised about the disturbance and threat to rare mammals in the area, it was agreed that fencing around the Delta Force Paintball site at Botany Bay Wood in Eccles should allow animals like hedgehogs and badgers to pass through.

The condition on the approval followed comments by Councillor Bob Clarke, who said: "My heart sinks. This is green belt land. "It [the paintball centre] is devastating for nature.

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