Pinned:
A petition has been started aimed at Stroud District Council. It will also be handed to our local MP.
This petition is in addition to the need for you to do a Response for the Independent Inspector to see – for that go to our ‘What Can I Do’ page to get to BaSRAG’s simple 5 minute method!
First go here NOW to see and sign the petition.
Need help responding to the 5,000+ houses planned? We are running drop in sessions in mid July 2021.
Come along to do your response with one to one help using our computer or tablet – or bring along your own.
The Berkeley Arms
Sat 10 July 10am – 2pm
Wed 14 July 6pm – 9:30pm
Sharpness Village Hall
Thurs 15 July 6pm – 9:30pm
Sat 17 July 10am – 12 noon
What can you do to help? The answer is “Please respond” by 21st July 2021. Doing that can be quick and straight forward.
We have redone our “What can I do?” page now that BaSRAG have published their advice on how to respond.
Here we have links to the short demo video and the step by step written guide.
Please do a response – let your voice be heard!
NEW for weekend 3 & 4 July 2021
This Wildlife & Habitats Walk focuses on the many species of birds which can be seen around Sharpness Docks and the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.
The habitats include the canal and old dock basin, the Severn Estuary with its mudflats, sandbanks, reed beds & salt marshes, plus brownfield sites covered in wildflower meadows & shrubs.
Lots of photos to help you identify water birds, birds of prey & others.
Plus map & directions for this short walk.
Here are the ‘issues’ or objections regarding the development as identified by BaSRAG.
You can read them here without having to download a file.
Here you can easily browse the ‘BaSRAG executive summary response’ document as we have pasted it into this page!
A very quick summary of the local development sites + the link to the Berkeley Cluster’s Local Plan are also included here.
And the link to BaSRAG’s response guide is included too.
Useful & essential web links are here on this really handy page!
Including links to:
Berkeley Cluster in Local Plan
Stroud District’s whole Local Plan
BaSRAG’s advice and step by step guide to responding
….and more
Pinned:
These meetings in June 2021 are for anyone wishing to respond to the final consultation but want more guidance on doing the form. Just turn up.
BERKELEY Arms Hotel – Wed 23 June 7.30pm
SHARPNESS Village Hall – Thursday 24 June 7.30pm
ZOOM – Thursday 23 June 7:30pm
Meeting ID: 893 5724 4275
Passcode: 851866
The full post here has the web link to go straight to our Zoom meeting.
NEW for weekend 19 & 20 June 2021
This walk is a set of viewpoints which can all be visited and enjoyed individually! These can be combined with a very short stroll around each viewpoint’s area, or joined up using local byways.
The viewpoints have been selected for their scenic views and to highlight coastal/tidal flooding, river/fluvial flooding, and standing water.
Map, photos, tips, and helpful info are all here.
NEW for weekend 12 & 13 June 2021
This walk takes you along Berkeley Pill to a wild and remote spot where it runs into the Severn. This area provides essential high tide roosts for birds.
The walk them continues beside the River Severn’s upper estuary to the Sharpness picnic. All this stretch of the river is part of the Severn’s internationally important & protected Site of Special Scientific Interest and wetland RAMSAR site.
Map and easy directions with photos are included here.
The developers and Stroud district council are promising a new railway link – but travelling north only, not south to Bristol!
In reality, the likelihood of this new rail link happening are as good as zero. The reasons for the false promises and why the new railway link and new stations will not happen are explained here.