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
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.
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.
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.
Sea levels are rising and that is not in doubt.
Maps from Climate Central show what land will be under water by 2050.
Here we show the map for the Berkeley & Sharpness area and it is shocking!
What can be done about it?
Here in the Vale of Berkeley we live right beside one of the world’s extreme geographical features – the second highest tidal range in the world!
Here is an interesting article about record high tides here on the upper Severn Estuary.
And with rising sea levels, what does the future hold?