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ID sylw: 106886

Derbyniwyd: 21/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr John Morgan

“Stratford South Western Relief Road – a third crossing of the River Avon to the south-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, connecting A3400 Shipston Road with B439 Evesham Road (alternative routes and options to be investigated)."

OBJECT to this Policy as it does not satisfy the tests of soundness in the NPPF, December 2024.
It is evident that there is no such “robust evidence” to support the proposed road scheme, neither is there a preferred route identified that could be protected in the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan. As such it should be deleted from the Local Plan.
Transport emissions account for 28,000-35,000 premature deaths pa in the UK. As a council that has declared a Climate change emergency, its planning and transport policies need to be radically changed accordingly, so that alternatives to road construction are prioritised.
The previous safeguarded Stratford South Western Relief Road, is a scheme that would be environmentally damaging, visually intrusive, has already attracted large scale opposition in the form of 1,200 objections to the Planning Application.

"Western Road to Birmingham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon – proposal for new crossing of the canal and creation of a new route between the A3400 Birmingham Road and A422 Alcester Road."

OBJECT to this Policy as it does not satisfy the tests of soundness in the NPPF, December 2024.

The proposal for a new link road from Western Road to Hamlet Way, 8A, received the highest level of opposition, with the majority of respondents (56%) disagreeing with the proposal and only 35% in favour. In contrast there was a high level of support for the new link road between Western Road and Maybrook Road, with 64% in favour of this proposal and only 21% opposed - link below. It terms of effect, it made reference to “Impact on residential properties of increased traffic routing via Hamlet Way.”

In the Final Stratford-upon-Avon Area Transport Strategy, May 2018,it stated on p18, that the Wharf/Maybrook Road option 8B, was “not being progressed because of difficulties accommodating it within the Canal Quarter redevelopment.”