No

ID sylw: 106157

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Anthony McNally

Adding up to 3000 homes in a small location is not conducive to the town in any form.
There is no train station and miles from the nearest.
The land to the east over the river is going to cause havoc to neighbouring areas and the volume of traffic is going to be dangerous, the bridge in town will not support the addition traffic, it is bad enough currently and can be dangerous when flooded.
There is no need for this amount of additional houses, infrastructure alone will cause issues with town likely to come to a complete standstill at any time let alone rush hours.

No

ID sylw: 106162

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Hannah Lumb

There are already too many homes in Shipston for the amenities we have here and we don't have capacity for more. Medical services and schools are oversubscribed. Much of the land floods and development would be awful for wildlife. The proposals will take away our countryside. Particularly the 'top end' of the town has been heavily developed.

Shipston is constrained already with limited parking which damages the character of the market town with traffic. There is no train station and terrible bus services.

No

ID sylw: 106269

Derbyniwyd: 27/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Patricia Taylor

The town is not big enough to support the proposed development.

The bank is closing in November, Ellen Badger hospital is losing its beds, no NHS Dental Appointments available and is difficult to get a Doctors appointment. There is no supermarket or fuel station.

The sites at Fell Mill are at risk of flooding.

The town side of the bridge is in-accessible when the river floods. The Bridge traffic is sometimes reduced to single lane due to size of vehicles and pedestrians.

The buses are infrequent and are sometimes cancelled at last minute.

If you build on the recycling centre which facility do you expect me to use being an OAP?

No

ID sylw: 106273

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Martin Smart

I would like to make the following comments in relation to the preferred option site SG17 as part of the South Warwickshire Local Plan consultation

1. The proposed site is in Flood Zone 3 and a high risk flood plain for the River Stour. This site is not suitable for development
2. The site is in open countryside and any development would impact on biodiversity, flora, fauna & geodiversity
3. The site has 2 primary access points off the A3400 and B4035, both of which regularly flood
4. Any development on this side of the town would adversely affect the landscape and character of the area
5. The proposed increase in housing would seriously overload existing drainage systems which are already experiencing problems.

This specific site is not suitable for development and I question whether there is a local need for this size of residential development given the increase in housing off the Campden Road.

It seems to me that where housing development has occurred in south Warwickshire there is insufficient infrastructure and facilities such as doctors, schools, community buildings etc being built to support the extra housing. Rural housing specifically suffer from this lack of ‘joined-up’ development. The south Warwickshire quota for housing seems to have doubled as part of this new Local Plan, whereas the requirements for housing in the north of the county around the urban centres of Coventry & Solihull have been halved. This seems counter intuitive & should be discussed further.

No

ID sylw: 106274

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sue Coombes

I am a resident of Shipston and am somewhat alarmed at the number of new builds you propose my concerns are as follows;
1) Traffic Congestion - Shipston is now a large town with small town roads, the bridge over the river is really only single lane and has foot traffic as well. As it stands, it is an accident waiting to happen and with more congestion this will only get worse. The roads are narrow as are the pavements with no space to expand. The junction at Green Lane is hazardous in all directions and will soon be made worse with the addition on the new Pizza restaurant the junction on the Darlingscot road onto the Fosse way is a nightmare. With no real public transport and limited job opportunities in the immediate area new residents will be reliant on their cars and nearby single track lanes that are used by cyclists and horse riders will become lethal rate runs.
Lack of Green space - Shipston is surrounded by green space that the inhabitants rely on as there is no sizeable public park, proposed sights (ref 148 & 747) are on such sites and Will yet again reduce options for walking/cycling without attempting to cross on the road bridge. The aforementioned sites plus 552 & 062 also I believe are within the 3km buffer zone of CNL (AONB)
FLOOD RISK - I probably should have put this first. With well publicised expected changes in our weather Shipston will remain an increasing flood risk. The new houses on the Norgren estate were meant to have their run off and grey water channeled into the reed beds that were installed. During wet weather it is noticeable that the only dry places are the reed beds because the developers ,in their wisdom, decided not to direct the water into the reed beds provided. Run off from yet more houses will not help this problem and the proposed sites 148 and 747 are sited on flood plains in flood zones 3 &2 and the Angela’s meadow site 062 is next to flood zones 2
Local amenities and services - the schools at Shipston is already over subscribed and has no 6th form meaning that once again more travel once your child reaches that age and need to go further in their education.
The Drs surgery I’d so outdated and small that my husband can barely fit through the doors in his small wheelchair. They were promised a new surgery with the last amount of building and yet they and the rest of the community have been let down again.

In conclusion and I could go on but somehow doubt you will even read this if you intend to go ahead with this the community NEEDS the following
1) A new purpose built Dr’s surgery.
2) A purpose built foot bridge over the river as a minimum and preferably either a wider or a second road bridge.
3)Another car park for all the extra shoppers or a bigger supermarket with its own car park ( I believe this was also meant to happen with the last lot of houses but again didn’t)
4) I would propose that as a sweetener to the people of Shipston that the area or at least part of the area of the fell mill site should be given over as a public park as it’s a flood plains in and totally unsuitable for building on.

No

ID sylw: 106304

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Daphne Beaumont

No further comment provided

No

ID sylw: 106311

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Janet Wilson

no further comment

No

ID sylw: 106315

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Holly Beard

High school / primary school not big enough
Amenities like doctors can't handle capacity at the moment let alone with more homes
No trains and infrequent bus services
Town centres not designed for the amount of cars, plus not many care parking spaces.
Bridge single track (one-way) - not designed for heavy traffic and struggling at the moment as it is.
Sewerage systems is all ready over-capacity with the number of homes
Shipstons flooding has increased due to the homes added, this will increase if homes built on a flood plain.
Shipston a market town - not designed for the amount of housed planned.

No

ID sylw: 106316

Derbyniwyd: 27/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Sue Davis

Not enough infrastructure to support these developments, schools, doctors, roads. No transport.

No

ID sylw: 106317

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Robert Dick

It would ruin the town of Shipston. There are enough houses already.

No

ID sylw: 106318

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr P.N. Dobbins

Moved from Salisbury because of constant traffic following a similar development on a flood plain. Don't want the same again!!

No

ID sylw: 106320

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Rosemary Gibbins

Local amenities - schools are full - high school has no 6th form. If the recycling centre is closed there will be a tremendous surge in fly tipping

Public transport
Virtually non-existent. Car is an essential asset. Shipston streets are not meant for a huge influx of vehicles.

Flood risk - Fell Mill site floods on a regular basis - what about sewage.

Employment - Nearly everyone commutes as we have no major employment.

Shipston cannot cope with this no. of houses!!!

No

ID sylw: 106321

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sylvia Gold

Too much new house building already, ruining landscape and green spaces.
Town infrastructure won't cope with increased population/cars.
Bridge won't cope with extra traffic.
School will be overloaded.

No

ID sylw: 106325

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Daphne Hersey

Our small villages are very important to the environment. Shipston is an old market town, building more houses will put pressure on the schools, medical centre and parking. We have one small bridge over the Stour, more houses would put pressure on this very old gateway in and out of the town.

No

ID sylw: 106326

Derbyniwyd: 22/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Marlene Grooby

Shipston is already too big. Services such as sewerage, medical health are over stretched. Bus services have deteriorated. Need a car to get to work. Area floods regularly, particularly Fell Mill Lane (Ref 148 + 747) which will get worse if this land is built on.

No

ID sylw: 106338

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Tracy King

1600 new houses in Shipston. The change and pressures the recently built 400 odd houses is enough and has changed our town and now this!

. Our schools are full, the primary school already sends some of the Shipston kids to Brailes Primary school as it is full. The secondary School will need expanding and has no sixth form. Are you planning on building new schools? The doctors surgery is already under pressure. Our hospital is closed and will reopen with no beds, the infrastructure of Shipston was not made for large amounts of traffic. What will happen to the bridge at Shipston with all the large building works traffic, will it collapse or be damaged? Will there be funds to repair it? Are you going to build new car parks for the thousands of new cars. Each household will have at least one car. If they have two we will be looking at 3,200 more vehicles through the town each day.
Since the 400 odd new houses have been built in Shipston their speed count and traffic has gone up. 3,200 new vehicles speeding through our village will be a disaster, will you be building a bypass?

I deal on a monthly basis with flood issues and sewerage problems, this includes Cherington and Shipston too. We have an ongoing problem NOW, what do you think 1600 new houses and their sewerage will do to the area? Will you be building defensive walls so they don’t flood?
Please look at the bigger picture and not just trying to tick a box and sort a problem. These houses will be a massive mistake for our already struggling town. We have had enough new houses now. Time to stop.

No

ID sylw: 106344

Derbyniwyd: 27/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Elizabeth Gilkes

Shipston has already been overwhelmed with new housing to the detriment of the town. The proposal to inflict huge tranches of additional housing on the town is appalling and very poorly thought through.

Shipston is a flood town, much has been done, mainly by volunteers, to help alleviate this through the work of SAFAG but these proposals take no account of flood plains or the huge impact housing has in terms of surface water that never completely mitigated by SUDS ponds.

There is already copious evidence that the sewage system is unable to cope with the additional connections and the fact that it is apparently deemed acceptable for overflows to occur in play areas, etc. is further evidence of the lack of consideration of need for upgraded services in advance of any additional building.

As retail and commercial buildings become redundant due to change in lifestyles these are the areas that should be targeted and repurposed for housing and not the ‘easy’ hits of building on valued green spaces.

No

ID sylw: 106349

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Jeremy Townend

The local services are already up to or over capacity and further housing will exacerbate the problems, namely:
Shipston Medical Centre
Shipston High and Primary Schools
Car Parks and Street Parking
Traffic Congestion within the town
Depletion of Adjacent Public Footpaths and Amenity Land
Building on the Flood Plain

No

ID sylw: 106359

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Claire Fooks

strongly object to the proposed housing developments in Shipston-on-Stour. Here I outline my reasons as to why.

- Education provision is at capacity. The high school is over subscribed and there is no sixth form provision here. The primary school while not yet over subscribed, will surely become so with 3000 new homes built. Nursery places are very limited, especially for babies. I had to register my two children when I was 8 weeks pregnant to secure a nursery place in Shipston for when they turned 1. While the developments will not impact the primary school spaces for my children when the time comes for them to go to school, I would worry that living on the edge of town I would not get spaces with and increased population and be forced to travel out of town for school. This would have a great impact on us as we’d have to drive the children to school and possibly in the opposite direction to where both my husband and I work. It would be a huge inconvenience for us and would like mean ending up in a small village school which would not be the right provision for my children.

- Other services are at capacity. For example my husband and I had to wait 18 months to get an NHS dentist here in shipston.

- The town centre is at capacity. Since living in shipston for the past 6 years, we have noticed the increase in traffic through the town centre. We are lucky enough that we can walk into town, but there are occasions when we wish to park in the town centre to pick something up on our way out or while I have been pregnant, I don’t wish to carry my shopping back home. It’s often hard to find a free space to park and I will some times have to do a couple of laps around the block while waiting for a space. With 3000 more houses this will become even more of a challenge. There is not the space for feathers town centre to expand with the buildings and roads in town plus the river.

- A lot of the development is planned for flood plain site, which anyone can see is ridiculous. I have a masters degree in environmental science and know that the implications of this are huge. The flood group in shipston have worked so hard to protect our town from flooding but this proposed new development threatens worst flooding in town and down stream affecting possibly Tredington.

- Access to the new developments on the other side of the river to the town centre is inadequate for people living there and for building traffic. Both the bridges at the mill to Brailes and Honington are single track and cannot support such increased traffic flow.

- Who are the proposed developments serving here. There aren’t enough jobs for everyone to be working in shipston so people will be commuting making the main roads out of shipston busier with cars as public transport is limited here. It must also be considered that a lot of new residents we meet are moving up from London to shipston as the housing is more affordable here. However this is pushing up prices for people like us who have lived in Warwickshire for a long time and stopping us from making the next step on the property ladder.

-The development proposed is on the recycling centre. This would be a great loss for shipston and would mean a drive to wellesbourne or further to deposit waste. I would worry that this would increase fly tipping in the area.

- In other waste areas, the sewage system in shipston is already unable to cope with the increased developments along the Campden Road with frequent flooding of sewage water and call outs from Severn Trent. Walking down the road with a two year old telling them that it’s poo pouring down the road when they ask is not acceptable in this country nor is having to drive my car thorough other people’s sewage.

No

ID sylw: 106389

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Grace Major

This is an objection to the proposed large housing development near Shipston on Sour.
Firstly, the recycling center is inside the area of proposed land, yet the facility is key to reduction of waste.
Next, Shipston has no train station, and the buses are infrequent. A car would be essential for a work commute, and local roadways are already struggling under the volume of traffic.
Furthermore, the local sewerage systems are already leaning towards over-capacity. Any additional strain would be detrimental.
Finally, the town center is small, parking is almost impossible, and there is simply no room for expansion.

No

ID sylw: 106402

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Eileen James

SG17 - No

Been here 19 years. More houses will make getting GP appointment difficult. Roads and parking not adequate. Will increase flood risk.

No

ID sylw: 106403

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Peter Johnson

Shipston is over-subscribed at the moment. The town cannot cope with any more housing developments. There is a Town Plan in existence. The Government are appearing to take no notice.

The High School is oversubscribed.

No green spaces, suggesting houses should be built on the Fell Lane site is no more than outrageous.

Shipston has no train stations.

The bus service is pathetic. New bridges would need to be constructed.

Shipston is always at risk of flooding and any additional houses will make the situation worse. The sewerage system cannot cope.

NO MORE HOUSES PLEASE !!!

No

ID sylw: 106404

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Stephen Michael King

New bridge on Brailes Road for a start.

New supermarket.

Sewerage systems will not take the amount of houses.

No train station.

Infrequent bus servies.

The high school is not big enough for the amount of houses.

No

ID sylw: 106405

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Eva McCarthy

Flooding in Shipston is a real concern also inadequate sewage system which simply cannot cope.

We love Shipston and it is soul destroying to have to see it spoilt by stupid planners.

No

ID sylw: 106406

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: John McCarthy

Insufficient infrastructure - drainage, education etc.

Local roads small. Main access via Fosse Way, which already has traffic problems.

No substantial employment in town meaning residents would have to travel by road to work. Growth in residential areas increases road issues & pollution.

Barely adequate medical facilities with no beds planned for Ellen Badger.

History of flooding in town over many years with no amelioration by Severn Trent.

Development around existing large town/cities would make more sense, and is more in line with your strategic objectives, than SG17.

No

ID sylw: 106407

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sara Reid

No infrastructure planned

VERY short period of time to object - unfair!

Too many houses too quickly.

Loss of amenities does not seem viable when so many more will use the town.

Loss of the community feel of our lovely town.

Increase in crime already happening.

No

ID sylw: 106409

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Elaine Roberts

I do not agree on the proposed redevelopment. One of the main factors is sewage. To date our sewage works cannot function properly. Tankers are taking the contents away! Nothing works satisfactorily already due to expansion. Road infrastructure is at breaking point - one way system, ancient bridges. Schools overcrowded, car parking insufficient. Town centre parking very dangerous.

How can more housing, more people, more cars, more delivery vehicles be a good idea. We have no industrial places to work. Flooding is at dangerous levels several times a year. TOTAL INSANITY.

No

ID sylw: 106410

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sarah Scotter

Totally bonkers!

Flooding. Stresses on infrastructure. Sewage system incapable of handling. Loss of habitat.

No

ID sylw: 106411

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: John R Smith

Local industries providing large-scale employment no longer exist locally. Shipston is, therefore, apart from services, i.e. shops, hotels, and professional firms, a COMMUTER TOWN or SUBURB of points between LONDON and BIRMINGHAM.

To encourage further large-scale housing on GREENFIELD SITES is to encourage more use of PRIVATE CARS, most of which for the foreseeable future 10-20 years will be internal combustion engine. Alternatives such as ELECTRIC propulsion will not be practical by 2030 in sufficient numbers for current commuters! Are politicians (many of whom have no experience of the REAL WORLD) aware of CLIMATE CHANGE?

No

ID sylw: 106416

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: John Smith Haine

Too many houses here already, not enough parking, shops, doctors, hospital etc.