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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Stratford-on-Avon District Social Inclusion Partnership

We agree with Draft Policy Direction-25 and note references to providing healthy and inclusive communities and references to the application of Health Impact Assessments within the South Warwickshire Local Plan Part 1 Preferred Options Draft Health Impact Assessment document. Whilst we agree with this the emphasis is on the design and building of the development and not the human resources required to catalyse those living in the new settlement, to ensure the establishment of a community, driven by the social capital of its residents. This is particularly a challenge with new settlements or large peripheral urban extensions, where a large number of new residents settle in a new home, in a settlement that lacks an identity or suffers from a lack of community activism. We believe that if possible the plan should place greater emphasis on the importance of this type of activity and its medium term (3-10 years) positive impact, and seek to gain developer contributions to enable this.