No

ID sylw: 96397

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

BW site: Based on our own assessment of the HELAA evaluations, the ‘more suitable’ designation for BW is inaccurate and fails to take account of many vital issues. This is particularly so when the sites are meant to have been evaluated in terms of suitability and appropriateness.

HELAA assessments fundamentally overstate the attractions of the BW proposal for development. It appears that this is based on a paper-based approach that has not considered the realities on the ground. The BW full response addresses these realities - and makes it clear that BW is a completely unsuitable place for development.

Yes

ID sylw: 96398

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes Long Marston. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as Long Marston should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96401

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes Deppers Bridge The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as Deppers Bridge should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96402

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes west of Knightcote. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as land west of Knightcote should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96404

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes south of Leamington. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as south of Leamington should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96405

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes land south of Leamington. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as south of Leamington should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96406

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes land west of Ufton. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as land west of Ufton should be developed before any Green Belt site.

Yes

ID sylw: 96407

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

The SWLP has 12 sites, 5 of these are Green Belt land and seven are non-Green Belt land. These seven non-Green Belt land sites have room between them for 46,500 dwellings. This includes north-east of Knightcote. The existence of these sites means that there are no ‘exceptional circumstances’ to develop any Green Belt site.

In order to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, all for these non-Green Belt sites such as north-east of Knightcote should be developed before any Green Belt site.

No

ID sylw: 96413

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

Bearley Parish Council believes it would be completely wrong to proceed with the BW proposals as the overall and individual sites are totally unsuitable for development. The BW site is split by the fast and dangerous A3400. It floods regularly, risking flooding half of Bearley houses. It would damage a precious SSSI and protected wildlife, merge and destroy the villages of Bearley and Wilmcote. These would become Stratford’s northern suburb. Much evidence used to support BW is wrong e.g. missing rail line. Instead of destroying Green Belt land, the seven non-Green Belt sites should be developed, as in the NPPF.

No

ID sylw: 107613

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bearley Parish Council

These proposals result from a desk/paper-based exercise and they lack understanding of local issues. The HELAA contains too many basic errors and incomplete data to be used in decision-making.

Transportation issues are worse than the plan suggests. The station is a ‘rural halt’. This is the only proposed site split by a major road, which would be dangerous for school children. The A3400 has serious bottlenecks and low, narrow bridges. Warwick Highways conclude traffic mitigation would be challenging and expensive. One rail line shown in the SWLP doesn’t exist. This is not a 'well connected' settlement.

The site is Green Belt. Development would coalesce Stratford-upon-Avon with its northern villages, conflicting with the purposes of the Green Belt and the SWLP principles. As 7 of the 12 sites are not Green Belt and have sufficient capacity to meet housing needs there are no 'exceptional circumstances' to justify release.

Biodiversity and the adjacency of Bearley Bushes SSSI are unaccounted for in the assessment. The Lepus 'Interim Sustainability Appraisal' rates this site as the worst choice for biodiversity. This site should be red and not green in the HELAA. The buffer zone of 25m in the HELAA is arbitrary and contrary to Natural England guidance.

The area has serious surface water flood risks evident from maps and moreso to locals who have to navigate flooding several times annually. Properties in the Grange Road Area (half the village) are at the bottom of a slight valley and at risk from increased run-off from development each side. The 2021 flood zone report shows part of the site as red but it is assessed green in the HELAA.

The site is ranked eighth out of twelve for sustainability but then without explanation the SWLP says it is a 'more suitable' site.