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The purpose of this page is to bring the proposed development for 200 new homes on land at the Bayfields by Barratts to your attention so that you can choose whether to comment on the planning application.

The impact from this development, as with all other local developments, will affect the whole town through the creation of yet more traffic and the associated reduction in air quality. A further increase in population will also place more strain on our limited healthcare and education facilities.

You may be aware that the air pollutants in Chepstow, particularly in the Hardwick Hill area, exceed limits set by the World Health Organisation. The clear majority of new traffic created for all these commuters’ developments (advertising is heaviest in the Bristol area) will need to pass through High Beech roundabout, causing increased queues from all directions.

Every individual voice counts, and community will must be considered in the planning process. Some of you may be aware that there is a history of previous development opportunities being refused for this land, on account of it encroaching on the Wye Valley AONB, a prime attractor of tourism and business to our region.

As developers seek to cash in on the removal of bridge tolls and the with increasing interest in Chepstow as a place to commute to Bristol from, pressure grows on Monmouthshire Council to make hasty and unsustainable decisions, without due consideration of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.

Your comments or objections might include these topics – and you may have some of your own:

· Roads – access (via Usk Road), traffic congestion, air quality

· Infrastructure - schools, health services, leisure facilities, community spaces

· Loss of green space, damage to wildlife, proximity to AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

· Try to avoid being a NIMBY!

To be heard and taken seriously it is important that comments and objections are made individually, not ‘copied and pasted’, and are not from groups or households.

You may also like to join the closed group ‘Chepstow Development group’ which is linked to this page and has been set up by a group of Bayfields residents who have concerns about the proposed development of 200 new homes on land at Bayfields, but there are many other developments in and around the town, and in the Forest of Dean, which will contribute to the problems.

If you’d like to receive email updates and attend any group meetings, please email [email protected].

Finally you might like to let the following people know about how you feel about another planning application for Chepstow: -

David Dovey - Kingsmark Ward councillor, Monmouthshire Council Planning Committee and Chairman of the Monmouthshire Transport Strategy Group [email protected]

Dale Rooke - Chepstow Town Council Planning Committee Chair [email protected]

Jez Becker - Chepstow Town Council Planning Committee and Bypass promoter - [email protected]

David Davies - Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire [email protected]

Nick Ramsay - Welsh Assembly Member for Monmouthshire - [email protected]