Other

ID sylw: 93151

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Laura Burgoyne

The proposed plan for Bearley and Wilmote will drive more cars trying to find shortcuts and through routes via Snitterfield, which already has issues with cars using it as a cut through and the main road through the village is directly next to a school and 2 nurseries.

No

ID sylw: 93152

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Sarah Brice

Snitterfield/Bearley will become a dangerous cut-through to A46, endangering Children at the school and two nurseries as well as children waiting for busses in Bearley.
Increased traffic/congestion along A34/Bearley/Snitterfield Road, already blighted by potholes.
A34 running through the proposal - very dangerous for Children.
Pressure on schools, Stratford-High-School already huge/at capacity. Little scope for expansion at Henley-High-School.
Flooding along A34 is a huge problem, loss of fields/trees will exacerbate the problem.
Existing public services will be overwhelmed. Henley-doctors at capacity as are surgeries in Stratford.
Loss of bio-diversity, protected trees/wildlife.
Unnecessary development of Green-Belt
Farmland/countryside would become sprawling urban development.

No

ID sylw: 93153

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Martin Edwards

Potential damage to this area's greatest worldwide asset- the home of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden. Increase of traffic will have a detrimental impact on the ability of the house to withstand the vibrations and extra vehicle fumes
The roads are ill equipped to accommodate the bulk of extra traffic. The local roads are already heavily congested and there are already queues for Stratford beginning at the end of Featherbed Lane in Wilmcote.
Large scale urban sprawl. Pollution. noise, overburdened public services.
Significant environmental damage.
Strain on on schools, healthcare, and shops.
Visual impact on the locality

No

ID sylw: 93159

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Sylvia Morlidge

Local infrastructure will not cope with increased volume of traffic without considerable investment

Yes

ID sylw: 93166

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Gordon Sharp

new settlements are more preferable and the same points as above for SG13 and SG14

No

ID sylw: 93171

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Julia Marriott

This is one of the more ridiculous suggestions. yes the land is there, but the town of Stratford upon Avon only 2 miles, already has the 3rd highest rate of development per head in the country. It is grossly unfair to add this onto the same population on the huge scale that is proposed. The schools are full, the roads are clogged with traffic, the GPs are full and you can’t appointments. It will be yet another dead end giant poor constructed monstrosity

No

ID sylw: 93210

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Susan NEILSON

Snitterfield is already a "rat run" for traffic and with cars parked on Smiths Lane by residents, any increase of traffic by motorists cutting out travelling on the A3400 towards Stratford to gain access onto A46 will cause an "substantional overload" through the village.

There are few pavements in Snitterfield offering any safety and refuge from light and heavy traffic. We are lucky to have a circular route which many villagers of all ages - with children, and dogs use as a daily exercise. More traffic will certainly have a serious detrimental effect on village life.

No

ID sylw: 93233

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Nicola Matthews

The sheer number of houses planned for the Bearley area is completely unjustifiable. The effect of the increased traffic on the local villages and communities will be unmanageable destructive and there is no justification for it. Also, there is insufficient infrastructure to support such a huge project - effectively the size of new town which will rival Stratford in population. It will be totally out of scale and ruin the lives of the people who currently live in the surrounding countryside.

No

ID sylw: 93239

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Thomas Williams

Existing roads are insufficient, many current roads would need have traffic limitations introduced to prevent them being used as rat runs. Both the A3400 and A46 would need upgrading to handle the additional traffic as there is no local employer. Stratford already has traffic problems because of the constraints on river crossing which will only get worse.

The urbanisation will reduce the utility of the canal as an area for peaceful recreation by local people, particularly in around the historic Entstone aqueduct.

No

ID sylw: 93244

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Steven Day

BW is not suitable due to the following;
Loss of farmland
Insufficient local resources - hospitals, schools, leisure will not cope - no real local retail services for basics - so much travel to collect or big increase in delivery vehicles
Transport links unsuitable - roads and rail will not handle the huge volume increases that are inevitable
Damage to the countryside - encroaching on the green belt and precious wildlife habitats

No

ID sylw: 93255

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Julia Ford-Mogg

The selection of Bearley/Wilmcote as a 'suitable' site for development is grossly ill-conceived.
Intelligent evaluation swiftly determines:
• The inadequacy of road infrastructure. The only accessible strategic road (A3400) is already subject to bottle-necks. (north at Henley and south at the A46 Bishopton roundabout). Upgrade is unfeasible, and unaffordable for Government/ Private Developers.
• The unacceptable creation of urban sprawl and threat to Greenbelt/conservation
• The destruction of Wilmcote’s unique heritage, which contributes significantly to Stratford’s tourist appeal.
• The site is prone to serious flooding.
On these points alone, the proposal for this development should be summarily dismissed.

Other

ID sylw: 93257

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Dr Andrew Gorsuch

The BW proposal is not suitable due to

1. Green belt.
2. High existing biodiversity, which means satisfying BNG legislation will be very demanding on area and resources available.
3. Existing road, water and energy infrastructure inadequate.

In our garden we have seen over the past 10 years:
- 62 species of birds
- 22 species of mammal including Polecat and Otter
- 4 species of amphibian including Great Crested Newt
- 28 species of butterfly as well as many other insects

No

ID sylw: 93279

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms emma saggers

I strongly object to the proposed development at BW Bearley Wilmcote. 1. Already overloaded road infrastructure on the Birmingham Road and its junctions with A46. A report said it would cost at least £250m for A46 alone. 2. More cars will create rat-runs thought the villages and surrounding country lanes. 3. The area is already prone to flooding and is given a red class in a previous council assessment. 4. The development will create a ribbon sprawl connecting the 2 villages, losing their identities and cohesion, and in effect join up with Stratford.

No

ID sylw: 93310

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Duncan Taylor

I totally disagree with this location:
-it is in Green Belt
-not a spatial growth high priority area
-not near the locations for employment growth
-there are conservation areas at WIlmcote, Bearley and Snitterfield
-it is between two SSSI
-there are local wildlife areas nearby at Snitterfield Bushes & Warren Chase
-multiple areas of ancient woodland nearby
-prone to surface water flooding
-overlap SDC Core Strategy special landscape areas
-In a Mineral Safeguarding Area

It goes against Strategic Objective 9: Enriching the tourism potential
It goes against Strategic Objective 12: protecting and enhancing our environmental assets

No

ID sylw: 93313

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Nicola Stevens

Increased traffic, destroyed biodiversity, increased air and noise pollution, insufficient infrastructure ie doctors, schools and shops, more flooding of properties and roads, green belt land destroyed, ALL roads more dangerous, countryside and farmland lost forever due to development, wildlife corridors lost , loss of protected trees, woodland, meadows and hedgerows.

No

ID sylw: 93358

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Jennifer Caulfield

I feel that the transport infrastructure would not be able to cope with the increased pressure caused by such a huge increase in housing in the area.

No

ID sylw: 93378

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Daryl Kerin

BW to be excluded. 1) Within the Green Belt. 2) A3400, Wilmcote & Bearley Cross B95 6DR already suffers flooding from proposed BW area, So comments about flood risk are incorrect. 3) Significant associated infrastructure costs to expand a) Rail, b) Roads (A3400, A46, access to M40/M42/M5 to protect nearby villages and lanes, Stratford upon Avon ring road), c) Drainage (surface water, waste, sewerage) versus Government expectations for more than 40% social housing plus elderly services. 4) Negative impact on Stratford upon Avon. BW will connect Bearley to Stratford. For more detail see Bearley Parish Council Objection.

Yes

ID sylw: 93379

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ian Michael Hayes

The site follows the A3400 and will be very well connected to local infrastructure, and the previous expansion of Stratfords residentail area on the other side of the A46 would be complemented .

No

ID sylw: 93403

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Ewa Kerin

This is Green Belt. This is obviously a clear example of Urban Spawl connecting Wilmcote and Bearley becoming suburbs of Stratford upon Avon. Plus the associated significant infrastructure costs to support SG18 and BW. BW will require significant expenditure to expand rail, road, surface water, sewerage, waste water (including further flooding to existing housing and the A3400).
Loss of good quality farmland is unacceptable.
For further detail see the Bearley Parish Council Objection.

Other

ID sylw: 93407

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Norton Lindsey Parish Council

This proposed development could have significant impacts on the local rural road network – particularly from drivers seeking to avoid the A46 and/or rat-running through the local villages of Langley Green, Snitterfield, Wolverton and Norton Lindsey. Sufficient traffic management would need to be in place to dissuade residents from using these local roads.

No

ID sylw: 93416

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Professor Ewan Fernie

I write as a long-term resident of Wilmcote and in my professional capacity as Chair, Professor and Fellow of Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham. It is my duty in both respects to emphasise the irreparable damage which the enormous proposed housing development would do to the historic environment of what is, quite literally, Shakespeare’s motherland. Shakespeare’s mother, Mary Arden, lived in Wilmcote. That Shakespeare was especially proud of it is signalled by the fact that he mentions the village in one of his plays, The Taming of the Shrew, when he does not specifically mention Stratford-upon-Avon.
Wilmcote’s Shakespearean associations are a matter of pride to locals. Across the centuries, people from all over the world have come to Wilmcote in search of Shakespeare. The hero of one of his later plays is persuaded not to sack his home city by the argument that this would be to tread upon his mother’s womb. I feel sure Shakespeare would urge the Council not to tread on his mother’s womb and bulldoze and concrete over his motherland, destroying its rural character and environment forever. We must protect this crucial heritage of the world's most valued writer.

No

ID sylw: 93418

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs KATE WOOTTON-OSBORN

Destroy Beautiful countryside and wildlife
Close to Mary Arden farm
Destroy a lovely area more traffic

Yes

ID sylw: 93508

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Peter Gunnell

I believe a new settlement north of Stratford would provide an opportunity to plan an infrastructure and develop a new community with access to the A46 and and rail system keeping additional traffic from Stratford town centre

No

ID sylw: 93515

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Gloria Vinning

I oppose this because:
(a) the A4300 and A46 are inadequate for the predicted volume of traffic plus additional traffic from developments in Henley and Hockley Heath. So significant investment is required. Stratford Town cannot cope with this volume of traffic.
(B) BW is on a flood plain which regularly floods and concreting over the land makes matters worse despite SUDS. There are many reports in this.
(c) Wilmcote is known as the Motherland of Shakespeare and should remain a tourist village, not subsumed in high density housing estate
(D) Greenbelt is sacrosanct regarding our uniqueness within Stratford

No

ID sylw: 93524

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr John Young

Wilmcote surrounded by narrow entry roads totally unsuitable for increased traffic emanating from huge developments. Village and approach attractive countryside form part of the valuable heritage site of Mary Arden Farm which forms part of the attraction to Stratford Upon Avon from visitors from the world over. Tourism is and will be one of the main attractions of the United Kingdom which generates revenue for this area particularly . Huge developments would detract not enhance this valuable asset. Many commercial sites within Stratford are vacant and vandalized particularly in Timothys Bridge Road so further commercial sites would be superfluous.

No

ID sylw: 93531

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Janice Aylott

I Completely oppose the proposed development. The ınfrıngment on even more of the countrysıde around Bearley and surroundıng vıllages ıs completely unjustıfıed.
The damage to nature, wıldlıfe, and farmland, not wıthstandıng the unacceptable levels of dısruptıon and polutıon created would be totally unacceptable.
The maın A3400 ıs regularly prone to floodıng ın bad weather and struggles almost all the tıme wıth the volume of traffıc levels at present!
A development of the sıze proposed would just cause absolute chaos to qualıty of lıfe and current ınfrastructure. There must be suıtable sensıble sıtes to consıder.

Yes

ID sylw: 93538

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Jon Redhead

There is a good case for expansion on this site, as it has very close links to local employment areas, and transport links to major road network are good

No

ID sylw: 93547

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Michele Hammond

Riding roughshod over Wilmcote & Pathlow Development Plan which states why this development should not be considered. The lack of regard for the uniqueness of the heritage and cultural area with Mary Arden's Farm which is irreplacable and will be lost through the creation of an urban sprawl. The total disregard for the pressure on the infrastructure, - increased congestion and pollution and better rail links at other sights i.e. Leamington and Hatton and associated costs . The proposals would destroy the Green Belt , wildlife habitats, strain drainage systems heightening flood risks. No consideration for well-being of current residents

No

ID sylw: 93559

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Joe Murtagh

The present road configuration in the area has condemned Snitterfield to position of high speed rat run for all types and weights of traffic between major roads. Construction of 6800 homes in the areas of Wilmcote and Bearley will only exacerbate this. More Juggernauts thundering through the poorly provisioned roadways in the village where 30 mph plus is the norm will undoubtedly increase dangers to pedestrians and elderly. Requests have been made already to our local district councillor to have the speed limit reduced to 20mph this new settlement knock on will only increase the need for traffic control.

No

ID sylw: 93582

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Carole Pullen

I object because there will be thousands more vehicles on the roads rushing through rural areas. This will create more pollution and affect the biodiversity of this beautiful area. The infrastructure is not equipped to take an extra possible 20,000 people. There will be incredible congestion through the narrow streets of villages as people shortcut their way to the main roads. The villages are not suitable to take increased traffic.