Slad Valley Pictures

A couple more taken recently..

National Coverage

Campaign picked up by national newspaper - a small piece but shows the potential development will not proceed un-noticed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1372584/At-A-march-FAVOUR-cuts.html

Contact Details

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Contact details are Elaine Barwell / Simon Arundel (Jt Chair)      

barwellelaine@yahoo.co.uk

tel: 01453 766825

SSUD Gathers Support

The MP for Stroud, the towns mayor, former MP & members of the Public gather to show their support in preventing further houses being built across the valley

On Swifts Hill

"When I saw the photograph taken from Swifts Hill posted on 15 February, this poem, written last week, seemed destined to join it!" Sheila Maddock 2011

 

ON SWIFTS HILL

Wildlife haven, place for picnics, Swifts Hill

Guards the gateway to Slad. Here you can gaze

Miles to the silver ribbon of Severn,

Plunge through beech woods to the valley below,

From the hummocky top hear skylarks sing,

Watch kestrels hover, housemartins soar and

Swifts swoop as they circle their feeding ground.

Underfoot is a carpet of flowers,

Orchids and other rare species, food for

Once common butterflies, moths and bees,

All dependent on this ancient grassland,

Fed by minerals in its limestone bed.

Farms in the quiet valley below doze

Unsuspecting in their patchwork fields, while

In the hazy east, suburban Stroud snakes

Voraciously towards Wades Farm - and Slad.

The people we are up against....

Barratts claim that their development, on this site, will enhance
the wild life habitat is under investigation by the Advertising
Standards Authority.

www.snagging.org/barratt-homes-fraud-820

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/real-estate-services/barratt-homes/reviews/

Photo taken from Swifts Hill along the Slad Valley towards Wades Farm.

 The proposed development will be built in the AONB field that is half way up the line of the existing houses and will jut into the green belt area.  The new houses will be clearly seen from Swifts Hill