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ID sylw: 106578

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: The Umberslade Estate

Asiant : Sworders

Whilst we have no objections to New Settlements in principle, we are concerned that over-reliance on large, complex sites will see a shortfall in housing need, particularly in the early years of the plan period.
Furthermore, it will deny other areas of the district the benefits that development can bring. The strategy of New Settlements and Strategic Growth Areas should be supported by allocation of small and medium sized sites adjacent to existing settlements. Sites 41 and 58 to the south-west of Hockley Heath are in single ownership, where the landowner has expressed intention to sell, with no foreseen extraordinary development costs or constraints. Market conditions also appear favourable.
Some of the Potential New Settlements fall outside the Spatial Growth Strategy Priority Areas and do not include any existing settlements of facilities and services. This would contradict the statement in the preferred Options that “the majority of the SWLP’s strategic growth needs will be met within priority areas 1-3.” As such we consider that the Strategic approach should have greater focus on the Strategic growth locations as opposed to the New Settlements.
Some of these locations are also isolated from the main strategic transport network across the SWLP and
local bus routes and train stations which all tend to be concentrated around the northern part of the district and built up areas of Warwick, Leamington and Stratford. However, the Infrastructure Delivery Plan does not propose any major changes in these isolated areas. Without significant infrastructure and to public transport, some new settlements would rely heavily on the use of the private car, therefore, do not represent the most sustainable pattern for growth.