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ID sylw: 106396

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ellis Machinery Ltd

Asiant : Frampton Town Planning

The Preferred Options document makes clear that policies are either draft policy directions or draft policies. This is made clear by the colour coding system outlined.
We are not supportive of the proposals for a two-part Plan in which only strategic sites (i.e. strategic allocations for new settlements and large-scale urban extensions) are to be included in the Part 1 Plan. No timescales are provided for the preparation of the Part 2 Plan, other than it will be prepared following the adoption of the Part 1 Plan.
The need for significant new infrastructure and facilities to support the Potential New Settlements will mean that these growth locations are unlikely to be delivered until towards the end of the Plan Period to 2050. Clearly, there is a requirement for smaller allocations to meet the identified housing needs in the shorter term, in accordance with Paragraph 72 of the Framework, which states:
‘…planning policies should identify a sufficient supply and mix of sites, taking into account their availability, suitability and likely economic viability. Planning policies should identify a supply of:
a) specific, deliverable sites for five years following the intended date of adoption; and
b) specific, developable sites or broad locations for growth, for the subsequent years 6-10 and, where possible, for years 11-15 of the remaining plan period’
It is submitted that the Part 1 Plan should include smaller allocations in sustainable locations adjacent to existing settlements as part of a mix of sites within the Spatial Growth Strategy to assist in meeting South Warwickshire’s identified housing need.
Land off Kineton Road, Gaydon is considered to be suitable for this purpose as it immediately adjoins the built-up area boundary of Gaydon and is of a scale of
development (c. 125 dwellings) that can be delivered quickly.