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ID sylw: 107782

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Robert Yates

Objection to Strategic Growth Location SG17

Shipston has been subject to more than its fair share of new housing in recent years - there are however a large number of other reasons why I cannot support this location:

> Supporting infrastructure and services are already under extreme pressure
> The schools are already oversubscribed and Shipston High does not have a sixth form so students would need to travel out of the area to be able to go to sixth form
> Health services are inadequate for the population. The medical centre is struggling and the hospital is being scaled back with beds taken away
> Proposed land includes the waste and recycling centre, which is proposed to be taken away, further reducing facilities available in Shipston
> Land proposed regularly floods. Further development on this area would exacerbate flooding problems in the area and push problems downstream
> Shipston has no train station and has inadequate bus and other public transport services - development of this size would encourage massive extra car use and the local roads are not ready for this. The roads in Shipston are already struggling to cope with the volume of traffic and it would be essential to use the car to commute to work.
>Major commuter routes are at least 15 miles away
>The sewerage system is already over capacity - sewage leaks are common and there appears little appetite to improve this.
>Shipston town centre is small, with limited parking. The character of the town would be destroyed with such a development. The volume of traffic using the historic bridge to access already stretched local services would massively increase.

Shipston cannot cope with further development, especially something of this proposed scale, without significant investment in infrastructure and services.