“mR Paxton sold a private estate, he should stick to his word. When it opened Elizabeth hurley was not allowed to join spa.....so why now?”

“Why all the excitement?

I've got a mate with a place on the estate. Personally, I much prefer to travel abroad on holiday, but having a second home suits him, and he's got no issue with any of this, one way or another.

As far as he knows, any cars coming to the spa won't be going anywhere near the properties since they're planning a separate entrance for them. And even if they were driving round the estate, they're unlikely to be the nightmare vision of ASBO-wielding chavs in Corsas which some people seem to envision. At £2,000 pa per subscription? Probably not.

I doubt any children or property values are endangered by this. Neither will the Cotswold District Council planning system collapse, nor will the local community be brought to its knees.

Really, a sense of proportion would help. This is about people joining a spa. Not very many of them. No more people than will be using the estate in the future, if plans go ahead. So, what's the problem?”

“Homeowner, you are not doing your children any favours. They will have difficulty coping with the real world when they eventually come into contact with it. I grew up in a rather posh area and, although I was allowed to mix with ordinary children from the age of four-and-a-half, even then it was a bit of a culture shock. I hate to think of the shock that it would have been, had I been cossetted for my whole childhood and privately educated. By the way, you can't spell diminish.”

“This whole development is an absolute disgrace anyway, planning permission should have never been granted to allow these eyesores to be built in this area. They have already commandeered the areas surrounding the pools, which could previously be fished/walked around/enjoyed by the COMMON MAN, you know, people with just the one home, which has to suit us for all purposes, even weekends, and all for 2nd homes, my heart bleeds for them and their spa (NOT), I wonder how many of them actually bother to use it anyway?”

“Grockle War avoided! Also a bit of a blow for Jeremy Paxton. And, after all those freebies and helicopter rides for this massive contract to be sold to the CDC Planners in the first place. Must have outlaid thousands albeit in return for millions.
I should have thought the owners who bought in good faith have a strong legal case on the face of it. Similarly, against the planners were they to change their mind.”

“What exactly is a "Spa"? Is it a place where lazy people get artificial exercise on machines? If so why on earth would any local resident want to go there amongst a load of sweaty secondhome owners in ghastly designer shorts?
Perhaps Fairford residents should use this as a crystal ball and stop kidding themselves developers and second home owners will let them anywhere near their holiday camp - if it ever materialises..”

“Well said Queen of Sheba, Gloucester and snob, In a moated castle, i can see the headlines now, very very long queues at spa in cirencester, no one else can get access to it due to the influx of people wanting to use it”

“Homeowner, there are many people out there who paid a premium to purchase a property in a quiet and realatively safe area. Many of them had no fences and the traffic is/was minimal and the children could play safely. However many of these areas have been extended and grown so they are no longer the nice area they paid a premium for.
Why are your children at any more risk than children in the "outside world" do they not understand that if they run across roads in front of a car they might get hurt? What on earth will they do when they leave home and get a place of there own?
If the spa was open to locals I am sure it would be strictly controlled, there would be speed limits in force (to protect your little darlings and other residents) and I don't expect for one minute that every single member would turn up at once.”

“Dear homeowner
You may have not recognised but the economy has changed considerably over the last 12 montsh and new wasy need to be looked into to make existing development economical.
In the meantime i would suggest that you educate your children not to play with traffic and that to ''run freely'' with nature does not mean with a ton of metal in the middle of a two way line of asphalt.”

“This is more complex than the article reports. We are not Nimbys. We were sold expensive properties in a gated quiet community with no fences so our children could run, play and cycle freely around the estate. Having a sugnificant number of additional cars entering and driving through narrow roads puts our children's lives at risk.

Local residents have wonderful facilities at the Leisure Centre in Cirencester and at the Four Pillars Hotel. Jeremy's proposed memberships would deminish as each house is sold and when it suits him, and not the homeowners at Lower Mill, he will withdraw the option for 'local residents' to join.

On a legal point, when we bought the properties we were sold a private estate with 'excusive' membership of the Spa which we funded through our purchase price.

The planning committee were clearly concerned about the application and quite rightly refused it.”