Reminder: National Trust Planning Application – Make your voice count

15 October 2025

Planning Application: 25/02583/FUL|Wetland enhancement works upstream of Sherborne Broadwater to reconnect river with floodplain, manage silt, preserve open water, improve biodiversity, and mitigate flood risk

Thank you to everyone who has already shared their views with the District Council and the Parish Council. Whatever your thoughts about the proposed scheme and it’s relative merits, please take a few minutes to respond to the District Council’s consultation.

You can:

  1. submit your comments (by 21 October) via the District Council’s Planning Portal – Link to District Council comments page,
  2. complete a Parish Council online questionnaire – Parish Council online questionnaire
  3. complete a Parish Council paper questionnaire – Parish Council paper questionnaire (Please return your completed questionnaire via the Village Shop, directly to a Parish Councillor, or simply take a picture of the completed pages and email them to clerk@sherborneparish.org.
  4. or write to Joanne Reeves, Case Officer, Planning Department, Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester, GL7 1PX (remember to quote reference 25/02583/FUL)

All the published documents, and responses received by the District Council so far, can be viewed here25/02583/FUL | Wetland enhancement works upstream of Sherborne Broadwater to reconnect river with floodplain, manage silt, preserve open water, improve biodiversity, and mitigate flood risk | Sherborne Brook Sherborne Gloucestershire