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ID sylw: 107373

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Alcester Town Council and Arrow with Weethley Parish Council

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Some of this land is in the parish of Arrow & Weethley. There are significant flooding issues – the HELAA states that 22% is within Flood Zones 2 & 3 and subject to surface water flooding. A significant amount of space around the flood zone is required. None of this site lies within 200m of a primary school. The site would fall outside of the ‘20-minute neighbourhood’ principle.

ATCAW does not consider that this is 12.72 hectares of developable land.

Public footpath AL49 runs across the site. Access would have to be from the A435 dual carriageway or Evesham Street which would be unviable and prohibitively expensive. It would not be possible to develop the whole site with only access via Allimore Lane. The site contains a Valued Landscape location looking towards the bridge on Allimore Lane, protected by Policy NE4 of Alcester’s NDP. Appendix 3 explains that preservation of Allimore Lane, which has little traffic and is extensively used by walkers, is important.

100% of this site is in a minerals safeguarding area. 2% of this site is located within 500m of a rural scheduled monument and 19% is within 500m of rural listed buildings. 14% of this site is within 25m of a known or potential Local Wildlife Site. Furthermore, 100% of the site intersects with an area with a baseline habitat score of 40-80.