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ID sylw: 107493

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Suzanne Ross

Asiant : Savills

We strongly support the Local Plan’s intention to consider the Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area as well as the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area (HMA) with meaningful engagement between the authorities within the HMA. It is clear that the NPPF expects housing needs to be met in full and cross boundary working is a tool to achieve this. Coventry and Warwick, which are already significantly constrained including by Green Belt land, will struggle to meet their housing needs and South Warwickshire is a logical area to accommodate at least some of this unmet
given the proximity and existing transport connections.
Whilst we do not necessarily expect our client’s land to be suitable for meeting the unmet needs of any town or city, any additional land that is needed for this purpose, will have a knock-on effect of increasing the number of additional sites subsequently needed to meet the districts own needs.
Small and medium scale sites such as our clients land at Alcester Road, Stratford-upon-Avon (HELAA Site Ref 492 and 827) have an important role to play in ensuring a strong supply of deliverable sites across the Plan period.