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Yes

ID sylw: 93181

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Michael Checkley

The development of the areas identified as part of SG17 would have a detrimental impact on the area for the following reasons:
1. Detrimental impact upon residential amenity – there is already poor access to infrastructure such as GP surgeries, retail provision, schools, and employment opportunities. Additional housing in SG17 would place an unacceptable burden on Shipston on Stour.
2. Impact on traffic and highways – the road network surrounding the potential SG17 growth location is insufficient. Specifically Shoulderway Lane (site ref 173) and Fell Mill Lane (site ref 148) are small rural roads with poor access to the regional road network. The existing rural roads bordering the SG17 locations are well used leisure routes for pedestrians and cyclists.
3. Drainage and flooding – many of the areas within SG17 are prone to drainage and flooding problems, especially the area to the west of Fell Mill Lane (site ref 148) which regularly floods extensively. To consider building homes on this area would be very ill advised. Additionally, the extra development to the area of SG17 off Shoulderway Lane (site ref 173) would risk causing surface water drainage impacts to existing housing on London Road due to the increased amount of impermeable surface area in place of previously permeable green field land.
4. Electrical capacity in Shipston is unlikely to be sufficient for such an influx of new homes which would likely require EV charging and capacity to support air source heat pumps as low carbon heating.
5. Carbon emissions – development on the scale implied by SG17 will result in a significant rise in carbon emissions both from the use of homes and from the transport requirements of residents. There is no rail connection and public transport is scant suggesting road traffic emissions would soar.
6. Impact on the environment – development within SG17 would lead to the loss of valuable and well used green space and amenity areas such as the recently established River Stour walk.
7. Employment opportunities – there are very few employment opportunities in Shipston which suggests additional residential development within the town would mean Shipston increasingly would become a dormitory town which would only benefit in a minor way from such an influx of new residents.