RESIDENTS are holding a protest march against plans for a proposed new town in south Warwickshire.
Some 200 residents are expected to take part in the protest in Stratford on Saturday November 8 against plans for up to 10,000 new homes next to the villages of Bearley and Wilmcote.
The demonstrators will march along the Birmingham Road, starting at 10am from outside Chutney’s, near Tesco at the Maybird Centre. Organisers from the
Bearley Wilmcote Action Group (BWAG) joint leader, Janine Lee said: “This is our moment to show Stratford that the Bearley Wilmcote plan affects everyone.
“If approved, it will choke our roads, overwhelm local services, and permanently change the character of Stratford itself as well as our villages. There are currently just under 10,000 vehicles using the A3400 Birmingham Road through Stratford. 10,000 new homes means 12,000 more vehicles potentially using this road, which as everyone locally knows, cannot handle its current traffic, let alone increase its capacity. Yet the plan proposes to more than double its volume of traffic – it’s an
unsustainable, ill-conceived plan.”
The development is one of several potential options laid out in the South Warwickshire Local Plan, being drawn up by both Stratford and Warwick district councils, to increase housing in the area
Stratford District Council has previously stated not all the proposed locations within the plan would ultimately be needed to meet the area’s needs and the councils would be undertaking further analysis to conclude which locations should form part of south Warwickshire’s growth strategy.
Visit www.southwarwickshire.org.uk/swlp for further details.
