Wildlife haven campaigner likens house builder's paid for flood consultant to putting "Dracula in charge of blood bank"

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Campaigners fighting a housing development have zoomed in on the flood risk to try and save the spot as a wildlife haven.Persimmon wants to build 246 homes on the banks of the Clyde at Erskine.The housebuilder had commissioned and paid a consultant to carry out a flood assessment.But Jim O’Neil, part of the community opposition group, said: “That’s a bit like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank.“The SEPA report does not support this development and they have left the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of Renfrewshire Council.“The council will benefit from selling the land, which is owned by the residents of Renfrewshire, not Persimmon.”We.