We love

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Open spaces, green fields, wildlife, dark skies, stars and planets visible only from a small rural place. 
  • “Views… views coming into the village… views from the hills… views of Bredon Hill… panoramic views of the Malverns.”
  • “I don’t want to lose the views and the starlit skies. Streetlights would destroy the night skies.” 
  • “Rural locations are precious and disappearing.” 
  • “We love the surrounding countryside, the narrow lanes and full verges brimming with wildlife.” 

We love

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Our rural lifestyle, our lanes and small village school.
  • “We live in a beautiful special landscape area next to the Cotswolds ANOB.”
  • “Our lanes are used extensively by walkers, riders, cyclists and joggers. Family walks are something very precious to us in this village.” 
  • “Access roads are narrow lanes with single lane traffic in places.” 
  • “We want our son to go to school in the village. We feel threatened by an increase in village size – can the school cope?

We need to be heard

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Our rural environment and close-knit community are under threat
  • “Our allotments are unique, rare open spaces with incredible vistas – keep them!”
  • “We will lose the feeling of community if we have an estate. Those living on the outskirts will be badged ‘from the estate’.”
  • “Streetlights would destroy the night skies.” 
  • “There is an imbalance here between gain and loss for everyone.” 
  • “Once built on it’s too late to reverse it.” 

Things we want to shout about

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Traffic issues resulting from more houses. Too many cars on narrow country lanes.
  • "School already almost full – no extra capacity."
  • "Why build on greenfield sites? Protect the landscape. 
  • "Street lights? No way!" 
  • "Too many dwellings proposed. Don’t lose the feel of living in a lovely village. That’s what people expect when they buy ‘a house in the country."
  • "We are not Bishop’s Cleeve!"

Please Understand

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Unregulated developer-led building around rural villages is not a good idea
  • “Local amenities would not be able to cope.. The school will be too full, the shop too small, local GP surgeries over-burdened. We will be forced to travel further for these services.”
  • “As there is only a limited bus service, this is not a sustainable solution.” 
  • “Look first at the number of other planned building sites across the county/borough eg Bishops Cleeve and Ashchurch and prevent opportunistic development where there are no jobs.”