A DRAMATIC plea to the government to enable a massive housing scheme to be built at Long Marston is being prepared by Stratford District Council. Long Marston is available for thousands of new homes... but only when transport links are improved. Work on the £250,000 study – being carried out by Atkins Realis on behalf of Stratford District Council and Warwickshire County Council – began in June and its findings are expected by the end of the year. The Bearley/Wilmcote suggestion is contained in the draft South Warwickshire Local Plan being developed jointly by Stratford and Warwick district councils. Other sites could meet that need better than the Wilmcote and Bearley one.”The Long Marston site has been a location of interest to developers for several years.