Did you know that Warwick District Council (WDC) and developer AC Lloyd are planning to build an additional 150 homes near Bishop’s Tachbrook and Warwick Gates? 

It will see the promised Country Park between Bishop’s Tachbrook and Warwick Gates reduced to little more than the size of a footpath and means the once open fields will be gone forever. 

Plans for the new school on the corner of Harbury Lane have changed drastically. The school has been moved closer to the village to make way for the new homes and its football pitches come right up past the outbuildings by Brookside Farm. 

AC Lloyd had originally agreed to gift the council the land for the school as part of the agreement to build the new houses in the area. Now they say they’ll only build the school if they can have 150 extra homes.

WDC claim that they aren’t reducing the size of the Country Park because the playing fields are ‘green land’ and form part of the park, but they won't be freely accessible as they will be fenced off as part of the school grounds.

They say the changes are only small and are trying to pass the resolution quickly and quietly.

It’s not just about the green space, either.

The new location of the school is not cost effective because steep slopes will need levelling for the sports pitches and extensive road and junctions improvements will be needed to manage the significant increase in traffic.

Please help us get the school moved back to its original plot, giving us all back our country park and green space. Sign the petition, spread the word - a country park is for everyone to enjoy!