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ID sylw: 106499

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: The Umberslade Estate

Asiant : Hancock Town Planning

Potential New Settlement A2 'land east of Wood End': Support.
Hancock Town Planning Ltd acts for the Umberslade Estate which owns the land edged red on the enclosed plan.
The unhatched land is shown as forming a significant proportion of the indicative potential new settlement A2 'land east of Wood End', as currently identified within the SWLP Preferred Options consultation.

The hatched area shown within the plan is land also owned by Umberslade Estate but is sited immediately adjoining the indicative area for the new settlement. If the new settlement were to go ahead, then the hatched area would no longer form part of a wider agricultural holding and would in effect be parcel of 'left over' land owned by the Estate which would be unlikely to form a viable agricultural holding. The inclusion of the land within the area of the new settlement would therefore be sensible.

The Estate land has not previously been submitted via the Call for Sites (CFS) process. Therefore, the Estate confirms that it is submitting the land edged red via the CFS request which is running alongside the current SWLP consultation. The submission refers to the land as 'Land at Umberslade, Broad Lane, Tanworth-in- Arden'.

The Estate wishes to express its support for the potential new settlement A2 and confirms that its land as shown within the enclosed plan may be available for development should the planning authority wish to identify the land for development within further versions of the SWLP.

The Estate highlights that:

its land remains free of land ownership or delivery constraints.

Wood End benefits from a train station which provides a commuter service between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham and beyond. The location therefore offers sustainable transport options. As well as any new community facilities which might be provided as part of the proposed new settlement, the Tanworth-in-Arden Medical Practice is already sited within Wood End and the easily accessible The Warwickshire Lad village already serves as a pub, restaurant, café and community hub.

The new settlement would also be very well related to facilities within the village of Tanworth-in-Arden, such as a public house, dentist and church.

As far as we are aware, the Estate land is free of significant environmental constraints.

The land very predominantly lies within Flood Zone 1.