This is our best opportunity to have the plans for over 5,000 houses to be built around Sharpness & Berkeley overturned.
2,400 houses by 2040 and a further 2,600 by 2050
Process
Open the Stroud District Council online Response Form
Follow the instructions below. If it’s easier you can open a printable version of the instructions at the bottom of this page.
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and under ‘Declaration’ tick to say you have understood the general advice then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
Enter your contact details and then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
Q1 – Tick ‘Yes’
Q2- Do you consider the site allocations to be ‘Legally Compliant’ – Leave blank
‘Sound’ – Tick ‘No’
‘Complies with the Duty to Cooperate’ – Leave blank
Q3a-Q6b – Feel free to object or support these areas as you see fit. Simply tick to support, object or leave blank. Leave your comments in the box provided. BaSRAG is not opposed to all development in the area, rather we do not agree on the disproportionate allocation proposed by site PS36.
Q7a PS36 Sharpness new settlement
Tick to ‘Object’
In the box you can add your comments.
Gold Response!
It would be ideal if you could fully outline your objection as this would provide more weight to our argument. To assist you you can find an overview of our main concerns on our Issues page. If you still have a response you have written from a previous consultation round you could use this.
Silver Response
Any comment from you, no matter how long would be great. The more you write in your own words the more powerful your response will be. Rather than commenting on all the issues you may just comment on an issue closest to your heart e.g. roads, environment, facilities etc. It doesn’t need to be long, just representative of your views.
Bronze Response
Alternatively if you are short of time just insert ‘I support the position of BaSRAG’ and you can attach the response we have put together at the end of the process. Any response is better than no response at all!
Q7b – Add any comments you have otherwise leave blank
Q8a/b – Feel free to object or support this area as you see fit. Simply tick to support, object or leave blank. Leave your comments in the box provided.
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
Q9 onwards – Feel free to object or support these areas as you see fit. Simply tick to support, object or leave blank. Leave your comments in the box provided.
Otherwise tick ‘No I have no further comments to make and would now like to submit my response.‘
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
You can now upload any supporting documents. Feel free to download and save the response we have put together to support your own response:
Click ‘Choose File’ and then choose our Response Document
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and then click the ‘Next Page’ button.
Q162 – We would recommend you choose ‘Yes’ to all of these to keep up to date.
Q163a/b – Answer how you see fit. If in doubt choose ‘No‘ for 163a and leave 163b ‘blank’
Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and then click the ‘Finish Survey’ button.
Should you have any questions or difficulties please do not hesitate to contact us.
Berkeley and Sharpness Residents Action Group (BaSRAG) 
Thanks so much for this – my response has now been submitted.
I have tried to provide an original reponse but based on your points.
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Great work Sam 😁👍
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This is a lovely area, there is not enough facilities for all this houses, schools primary and secondary. Doctors, hospitals dentists. The roads aren’t good enough for all this people and cars. The amount of fields and wildlife that will be affected and destroyed.
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I have lived in Berkeley 26yrs and without a doubt, this ridiculous development will have nothing but a negative effect on the whole area. I am disturbed by the fact that our great Councils can think this would benefit anyone, except the builders if course, but I suppose you only need to look at the awful development they have recently allowed on the East of Berkeley….
Anyway, I will be objecting on all the obvious grounds – transport and road infrastructure, green field destruction, ecology, sustainability, amenities etc, and hope that the independent planning inspector can see that this development would be a travesty and completely destroy, what is and has been an area of natural beauty for 100’s of years.
Everyone in the area should be bombarding the inspector with their views, as we did as a residents group many years ago ref a small proposed development on the Berkeley primary school field- and had it rejected!!! This is no different, just on an enormous, devastating scale.
Great work and commendations to the team that are pulling this together!
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My wife and I have both responded to this ridiculous plan in an area of natural beauty. Well done to the team who have clearly worked tirelessly to fight this proposal.
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