No

ID sylw: 95615

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Ian Chambers

Impact on flooding in the area needs to be investigated and mitigated fully.
Stratford upon Avon infrastructure is woefully inadequate to deal with the rampant development on its boundaries - additional housing to this extent would be negligent to local needs. Recent developments have neglected to resurface roads and put back to the communities and environments they have disturbed. I don't have faith that you have any control over big contractors.
Planning permission for small developments is often turned down - how can this major project be passed? What's in it for the decision makers.

No

ID sylw: 95617

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Cheryl Cross

I do not agree with the proposed plan.
The new development would put lives at risk due to a considerable increase in traffic, especially during rush hours as drivers cut through rural villages to avoid main roads at busy times, which would also increase air and noise pollution. Local services such as GP surgeries, hospitals and schools are already struggling to cope with the present demand would be overwhelmed. The area already has problems with severe flooding which is likely to increase. The development would destroy the existing biodiversity, with a significant loss of wildlife, meadows, woodland and farmland.

No

ID sylw: 95640

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Jacquie Maiden

This Greenbelt needs to be protected

Flooding either direction ofA34 and fields

Decarbonising increased cars, buses, deliveries, highway safety compromised, inadequate village roads for such increase.

Visually a carbuncle losing the integrity of the villages mass developments are not visually sympathetic with their surroundings

SSSIs will be negatively impacted

Topography of the land is highly unsuitable for mass development unsupportive of cycle, pedestrian access to none existent transport links or Stratford

No area for expansion Wilmcote Station or Bearley Halt for trains / parking

Contrary to government planning policy provided
Your survey OCT24 highlighted negative impact of development in BW

No

ID sylw: 95658

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Ian Clarke

The Government and local authorities should be developing policies to bring under-used existing dwellings (ABNBs, second homes, etc) into the housing market rather than developing on green belt and rural land.

Yes

ID sylw: 95659

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: David Wilson Homes

Asiant : Harris Lamb

Bearley and Wilmcote can deliver a new settlement of 6,000 homes and associated new infrastructure. Due to its unique location that is served by two railway stations it has a significant benefit over other proposed new settlements. It is being promoted by a single housebuilder who has agreements in place with 3 of the principal landowners meaning delivery shoudl be simpler with fewer parties involved. The development will deliver a number of benefits and will contribute to the delivery of sustainable development.

No

ID sylw: 95699

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr eden lee

The SWLP appears to be a desk based exercise by SDC and WDC as it does not take account of the realities experienced by local residents such as lack of transport infrastructure both road and rail. All of the identified site is in the green belt and flood plain. Any development on the scale exceeding 6500 new houses will significantly impact on the landscape and wildlife habitats and the natural beauty on Wilmcote. In conclusion the proposed development as size of a newtown will be an undesirable urban sprawl into the Market town of Stratford on Avon.

No

ID sylw: 95741

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Suzanne Hotten

Unnecessary development on green belt land would adversely impact on Bearley and Wilmcote's biodiversity, green spaces and wild life habitats. The farmland and surrounding coutryside would become a sprawling urban development.
Thousands more vehicles on our roads would contribute to even more traffic gridlock, especially in Stratford upon Avon, Henley in Arden, Bearley and Wilmcote. There would be increased air and noise pollution affecting the inhabitants of the settlement.
The settlement would be divided by the busy A3400 which potentially could put inhabitants lives at risk as they accessed facilities eg. schools, surgeries, community facilities.

No

ID sylw: 95786

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Helen Rooney

I do not want 6,700 houses being built in Bearley/Wilmcote because of - the loss of countryside and wildlife habitat
Noise and light pollution
Increase of traffic, especially around Stratford
Roads not suitable for increase in traffic
Railway bridge and Bank crumbling
Lack of public transport
Village life being ruined by influx of cars and people
Lack of jobs in the area

No

ID sylw: 95800

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr David Young

1) Birmingham road

Birmingham road does not allow for a free flow of traffic and will prove to be completely overwhelmed with an extra 10,000 vehicles.

2) Wilmcote Village

More traffic flowing through the village in an attempt to avoid congestion on Birmingham road.

3) Development chaos

Years of road chaos, road diversions, sets of temporary traffic lights and loss of green belt land will have a detrimental effect on all Wilmcote residents.

4) Shakespeare connection

Wilmcote has a Shakespeare property Mary Arden’s House, a popular site for tourists. Stratford should want to keep this place in a country setting.

No

ID sylw: 95801

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd:

This area would use Stratford for a significant number of facilities eg sports centres; larger shopping centres, hospital etc Stratford town already at grid lock. This market down cannot cope with further local development. Road to this area from the North floods regularly and would need sorting before development. Poor public transport and total lack of transport east and west. Too larger development for area not to be swamped.

No

ID sylw: 95847

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Roger Corfield

I strongly object because:
The railway and road systems cannot cope, and safety will be compromised;
Vehicle emissions become irrelevant before 2050; developers rarely honour commitments;
No exceptional circumstances exist to build on Green Belt and there is no justification to destroy it;
The Snitterfield/Bearley Bushes SSSI areas must be preserved as buffers and corridors to preserve habitat;
The Heart of England Forest must be protected;
Flood risk will increase due to the 2000% increase in hard landscape;
Growth is inappropriately disproportionate in scale;
Tourism will be destroyed;
The Council is failing to honour its own Strategic Objectives.

No

ID sylw: 95857

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Jane Dodge

The railway line at this location is slow and I can't see how this area can be a suitable location for a new settlement, especially as it will encroach on the Green Belt. The existing roads are not suitable for expansion.

No

ID sylw: 95872

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Paul Lavin

I object to this development as it is inappropriate and unnecessary in the green belt and there are no exceptional circumstances which would justify such a large development in a rural location.
The scale of the development would swamp the existing educational, medical and travel infrastructure adding to the existing traffic issue in Stratford and even more to the surrounding villages creating ever more extensive rat runs.
There is insufficient new employment in Stratford which means travel by car to Warwick and Leamington will be necessary for employment relating to this development.
The development would destroy the area’s character.

No

ID sylw: 95881

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Susan Hunt

This will ruin our beautiful fields and green belt, destroy nature, kill wildlife, including otters; hares, deer, foxes, badgers, birds of prey, owls and ruin peoples lives. Nature is good for mental health, we are in mental health crisis, we need more access to nature not less. Nature, wildlife needs protecting, this area has been fields for thousands of years. It will ruin the character of the village and negatively impact the residents mental health. We need to protect our green belt, wildlife, nature and way of life. Historic area of beauty, home to Shakespeare will be concrete jungle.

No

ID sylw: 95985

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Christine Moulder

I would like to raise objection against the plan to build 6700 homes in Wilmcote.
We don’t have the infrastructure to cope with a development of this size.
We then will have at least 6700 cars if not more with development around the Stratford upon Avon areas adding to the traffic. We already have problems getting into Stratford upon Avon, especially on the weekends we don’t even try between 11am and 2pm. roads going into Stratford upon Avon. It just causes even bigger traffic jams.
As for all these houses that are going to be built, where are the jobs for all these people coming from? As we don’t seem to have the work available for them in this area. The industrial park near Warwick isn’t growing at the moment although the land is available, so if there is something in the process I would be surprised. Also how on earth will the NHS copy with all these extra people, as they are not coping at the moment. Are there any new schools, colleges being planned for development in the future?
Wilmcote has always taken it’s pride in being part of a farming community and you are taking this away from us and the way things are going we are definitely going to need the farmland for food in the future.
Wilmcote was always a beautiful rural village just outside Stratford upon Avon but the way things are going we will end up being swallowed up by Stratford upon Avon and just become a suburb. We have tourists that come to visit our area to see the quaint Shakespeare history and all you are doing is destroying the tourism and history that we are so proud of.

No

ID sylw: 95995

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Patricia Fordham

There have been 3860 new houses built in the District between 2020 & 2023. This is the most homes built anywhere in the Country in relation to Local Population. Enough is Enough. We cannot accommodate 6700 more new homes from either a Transport/Education/Healthcare/Environmental or Substructure Drainage point of view. Any further expansion other than organic would ruin not only 2 beautiful villages but also the World Famous town centre of Stratford upon Avon. It would no longer be a quaint historic English Town steeped in history but an overpopulated gridlocked nightmare with a ruined Tourist Industry.

No

ID sylw: 96009

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Corinne Edwards

The land at ‘Old’ Bearley is wholly inappropriate as it surrounds listed buildings , is in the greenbelt and inaccessible.
To install services (roads, drainage, and sewerage ) would mean major damage to the surrounding countryside.

The access roads via villages cannot support any development. The area is already blighted by flooding , a development of this size will exacerbate the problem

The use of public transport is commended, however Bearley and Wilmcote stations are inaccessible for volumes of cars and passengers; do not have parking; Bearley is on a blind bend and Wilmcote adjacent to a narrow canal bridge.

No

ID sylw: 96017

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Rev Fritha Middlemiss

Traffic will be snarled up on the A435 at the A46 roundabout into Stratford and the other way through Wooten Wawen and Henley. Traffic then trying cut through the village to the A46 and to go to Alcester will make Wilmcote dangerous especially past the school.
Extra traffic will adversely affect Mary Arden's farm, both the building structure and the heritage value of a quiet village.
The station has no parking and is not walking distance from most of the proposed development nor has it disabled access.
The building is planned for Green Belt which enhances the whole area.

No

ID sylw: 96031

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr George Saggers

the area between Wilmcote and Bearley is unsuitable for such a large ribbon development as it currently does not have the transport infrastructure to support the extra volume of traffic and with the highways saying the A46 would need at least £250m to make it suitable for its part but the A3400 could not be made suitable due to its number of bottlenecks through villages like Wootton and Henley and beyond. Flooding as reported by a recent council investigation would also cause serious issues. Leamington and Hatton with its direct train lines and infrastructure would be much more suitable.

No

ID sylw: 96036

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr David Young

Wilmcote is a historic rural village which attracts tourists. Most inhabitants have moved away from towns to enjoy peace and tranquility. The proposed development will destroy both the community and tourism.

Birmingham road is a huge problem for traffic, often gridlocked and could not cope with another 12,000 cars without huge cost and disruption to the local area. Wilmcote would be the escape route for cars seeking to avoid traffic and as a small village could not cope with this, apart from the dangers to children living in Wilmcote. We must protect our countryside or it will be lost forever.

Yes

ID sylw: 96046

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Meg Sanders

There's a railway station at Bearley. It would make it possible to residents to travel to work or study without adding to road traffic.

No

ID sylw: 96061

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Philippa Gerrish

I strongly object as the proposal represents unacceptable development in the Green Belt. The Green Belt has been designated to protect our countryside and this would destroy woods and hedgerows. It will alter the distinctive character of the area. Bearley and Wilmcote are tiny villages without the necessary infrastructure and facilities to support the proposed development. The impact on surrounding roads and villages would be highly detrimental with increased traffic cutting through to the A46 and potential road safety issues. Drainage services would be overwhelmed increasing flood risk. I favour development of our existing town conurbations as an alternative.

No

ID sylw: 96063

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: S Edkins

The proposed settlement will severely alter the local small Warwickshire village structure to its detriment. Traffic into Stratford upon Avon on the Birmingham road currently queues a long way every morning. A development of that size would cause huge traffic gridlock problems. Lower villages like Aston Cantlow flood when it rains heavily and the village gets cut off partly due to surface water from higher areas surrounding draining downhill. A development of this size would likely cause more problems with flooding in the area such as to Aston Cantlow Village. The visual aspect of the area would change too vastly

No

ID sylw: 96072

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Andrew Gerrish

I strongly object as the proposal will alter the distinctive character of the area. and represents unacceptable development in the Green Belt destroying woods and hedgerows. Bearley and Wilmcote are tiny villages without the necessary infrastructure and facilities to support the proposed development. The impact on surrounding roads and villages would be highly detrimental with increased traffic cutting through to the A46 and potential road safety issues. Drainage services would be overwhelmed increasing flood risk. I favour development of our existing town conurbations as an alternative.

No

ID sylw: 96096

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Mark Gleaves

The proposed Bearley-Wilmcote settlement is unsuitable because the 9 sites assessed are not realistically capable of providing the number of dwellings that define a new settlement (i.e. 5,000) and is well short of the definition of a sustainable new settlement (10,000 dwellings). The most significant issues arise because several of the sites are either prone to flooding or of causing serious surface water flooding, and/or have restricted access. This is discussed in more detail in the attached file.

No

ID sylw: 96097

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Andrew Chilton

Whilst I support the concept of new settlements this is the wrong place as despite having a train station the rail links are very limited as are the road links going North passing through Henley in Arden which is already a serious bottle neck with no way to improve matters due to the high street's listed buildings so the only potential solution is a by pass which is not included in this plan. Wilmcote has great historic significance through Mary Ardens house and its direct link to the world renowned Shakespeare heritage and should be protected from over development.

No

ID sylw: 96110

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr James Cooper

This is not an appropriate location for 6,800 new homes: unnecessary development of green belt land, 1000's more vehicles flooding Stratford, surrounding villages and country lanes, swamping local infrastructure, damaging biodiversity and habitats, increased noise and air pollution, loss of protected trees, woodland and hedges

No

ID sylw: 96115

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Janine Lee

The BW site is not a good choice as it is sited entirely on green belt land. Under NPPF regulations all other options should be exhausted before this protected land is destroyed. Traffic infrastructure is totally inadequate and improvements to the A46 alone will cost in excess of £250 million. Flood risk, will no longer be a 'risk' surface water run-off will cause major flooding. by linking the villages of Wilmcote and Bearley and the hamlet of Pathlow will create a ribbon development, which will create urban sprawl.

No

ID sylw: 96117

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Cate Hawkes

I'm worried about the development plans in Bearley due to thousands of extra vehicles on the road, insufficient infrastructure and the long lasting damage on our wildlife & surrounding countryside.

No

ID sylw: 96118

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr James Cooper

This is not an appropriate location for 6,800 new homes: unnecessary development of green belt land, 1000's more vehicles flooding Stratford, surrounding villages and country lanes, swamping local infrastructure, damaging biodiversity and habitats, increased noise and air pollution, loss of protected trees, woodland and hedges