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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr and Mrs Marvelly

Asiant : Sworders

It is clear that the Strategic Growth proposals will not maintain the housing development required over the plan period and particularly in the short term the five-year housing requirement will need to be met by development in and around existing settlements. Whilst we agree with the broad approach of allowing some development outside the main Strategic growth areas and potential new settlements, the draft policy direction makes little reference to the importance of small-scale development to preserve the vitality of smaller settlements and would limit growth of some of the larger settlements that do not lie within the Priority Areas 1-3. The Policy Direction should reinforce advice within para 83 of the NPPF that the plan should allow for new housing opportunities within existing villages to assist their growth and allow for new housing opportunities for existing settlements to assist their growth and allow them to thrive and support existing local services, either within that settlement or services within a neighbouring settlement.
We would support a revised single approach to a Settlement Hierarchy classification across the whole South Warwickshire Plan to ensure consistency.