🚨 YOU SIGNED THE PETITION – NOW WE NEED YOUR OBJECTION 🚨

Thank you for supporting the Protect Stag Meadow campaign.

Over the last year, hundreds of people have signed our petition because they care about Stag Meadow, Windsor Great Park and the wildlife that depends on it.

However, there is something very important you need to know:

A petition signature is NOT the same as a planning objection.

When RBWM decides this planning application, individual objections submitted to the planning authority will carry far more weight than petition signatures.

If you have signed the petition but have not yet objected, please take a few minutes to do so now.

Some of the issues that have emerged during our investigation include:

• The proposal would allow floodlit use of Stag Meadow from 9am until 10pm, seven days a week.

• The applicant predicts parking demand could reach 97% capacity, meaning the spaces used today by dog walkers, families and park visitors may not be available in future.

• Barn owls hunt at Stag Meadow, yet the proposal would introduce floodlit activity until 10pm every night of the week.

• The area around Stag Meadow is associated with the Violet Click Beetle, one of Britain's rarest insects and a species listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

• The European Union is phasing out rubber crumb microplastics used on artificial sports pitches because they escape into the environment and cannot be removed once released.

• The applicant's own plans show the Bourne Ditch as the final destination for pitch runoff.

• The Crown Estate has confirmed that WEFC may operate the Stag Meadow barrier on days other than Tuesdays and Saturdays.

• CCTV cameras were used to monitor vehicles entering and leaving Stag Meadow without public signage. RBWM later confirmed the equipment was not authorised by the Council.

• The Crown Estate asked Natural England to remove Stag Meadow land from the Windsor Forest & Great Park SSSI/SAC boundary. Referring to it as "Of little conservation value"

Whether your concerns are the environment, wildlife, traffic, parking, floodlights, public access, microplastics or the suitability of the site itself, your voice matters. 

We have produced a simple step-by-step guide that explains the application in plain English and makes submitting an objection straightforward.

👉 https://protectstagmeadow.co.uk/planning-objections/

Please do not assume somebody else will object.

A single planning objection can carry more weight than dozens of petition signatures.

If you care about Stag Meadow, now is the time to speak up.

"The greatest regret is not speaking up when you had the chance."