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ID sylw: 106991

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes

Asiant : Savills

We support the Spatial Growth Strategy set out in Chapter 4.1 of the Preferred Options document. The site is located within Strategic Growth Location SG10, Bishop’s Tachbrook Group and has been assessed as growth option rather than in isolation.
SG10 is well-located adjacent to the western edge of Bishop’s Tachbrook, south of the largest settlement in Warwick District, and is therefore located in an accessible location in close proximity to existing transport links and facilities / services.

We do not support the major negative score applied for cultural heritage (objective 5). We are aware that there is a Conservation Area and a number of listed buildings within and adjacent to Bishop’s Tachbrook but the SWLP Heritage Settlement Sensitivity Assessment has score the south west of the settlement (including our client’s land which falls within SG10, Site ID 106/150) as ‘green’ in the RAG score. The north west of the settlement scored ‘amber’. We therefore do not consider that the development of SG10 would lead to significant impacts on heritage assets.
Site SG10 also scored ‘major negative’ for natural resources (objective 7) and climate change (objective 1) but most SGLs have been scored the same.
On the SA score for SG10 against education, we do not consider that it has taken into account he recently constructed Oakley School to the north east of Bishops Tachbrook. The IDP (2025) also states that SG10 is one of only 2 SGLs to have a primary school within 800m. Similarly, the SA paragraph 5.13.2 states ‘Out of the 21 residential-led SGLs, 19 lie outside of the recommended 800m sustainable distance to an existing primary school. However, the majority of the Bishop’s Tachbrook SGL and Hockley Heath SGL areas lie within 800m of a primary school, where positive impacts have been identified for these two SGLs on access to primary schools’.
We are supportive of Objective 3 (Biodiversity) which states that SG10 is the best performing SGL for biodiversity.
SG10 is one of the best scoring SGLs for the range of existing employment opportunities within 5km and being within a sustainable distance of a GP surgery and hospital.
In light of the above, proposed SGL SG10 ‘Bishops Tachbrook Group’ is one of the higher performing SGL and it should be allocated wholly or in-part within the SWLP. Bellway’s land (Site ID 106/150) is located within SGL SG10. If the SWLP only allocates part of SG10 then detailed technical work has been undertaken for Bellway’s land to demonstrate that it is deliverable and can be delivered in the short term to meet immediate housing needs as well
as provide wider social, environmental and economic benefits.