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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Gladman Developments

Gladman support the identification of 54,700 dwellings as a minimum number of homes required across South Warwickshire over the 2025-2050 plan period. This is the mandatory starting point. There may be a requirement for the councils to include an apportionment of unmet housing and/or employment need from the Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area and/or the Greater Birmingham & Black Country Housing Market Area.
The draft SWLP is relying on a substantial windfall allowance of 9,375 dwellings over the plan period or approx. 17.1% of the overall housing supply. Gladman strongly question why there is a windfall allowance of 375 dpa (both authorities combined) included in every monitoring year of the plan period.
Gladman recommends the allocation of additional medium and large-scale sites on the edge of sustainable settlements across South Warwickshire, instead of relying on windfalls to provide greater certainty in meeting the housing requirement over the
plan period. The additional sites would ensure the continued vitality and viability of the settlements and identified housing needs are met in full.
Gladman are generally supportive of the minimum overall housing requirement contained within the Draft SWLP based on the Standard Method requirement. However, we have suggested potential amendments to increase the housing requirement of the SWLP.
Gladman stress that the strategy for the SWLP needs to look at sites which can be delivered in the short and medium terms. As currently drafted, there are 24 Strategic Growth Locations (SGL) and 12 Potential New Settlement Locations identified. It is unknown at this stage whether the SGL sites which are preferred will be broken down into a number of smaller development parcels which will be identified for draft housing allocation status. Gladman consider that smaller local sites for housing must be delivered alongside strategic site opportunities to support the housing supply over the entire plan period alongside ensuring the vitality and sustainability of local services, facilities and businesses