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ID sylw: 107504

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Persimmon Homes (South Midlands)

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Vision

Five overarching principles for the plan which are pursuant to the vision are listed. Notably, these do not fully align with the draft vision, and this must be addressed. Indeed, none of the principles refer to the delivery of “homes and įobs”, despite the provision of new housing and economic growth being key to the achievement of sustainable development, as highlighted in Paragraph 8 of the NPPF. In order to ensure that the vision and its five principles are positively prepared and consistent with national policy, which emphasises the importance of planning to meet an area’s objectively assessed needs, it is imperative for reference to be made to this, to then feed into the Strategic Objectives which follow. These do reference housing and employment (SO 1, 2, and 4), but have no direct link to the five principles as drafted.

The selected spatial growth strategy, ‘Sustainable Travel and Economy’, should also be referred to, and woven into the other principles, as this strategy is now a fundamental part of the SWLP and the vision for South Warwickshire, which will shape the strategic objectives and policies in the plan.

The vision and first of the five principles place a significant emphasis on responding to the climate emergency. Although this is supported in general, it is important that this does not dominate the Vision and Strategic Objectives of the SWLP to the detriment of delivering a balanced, sustainable strategy which achieves the delivery of development to meet identified needs.
The second principle refers to creating a “beautiful” South Warwickshire. Whilst this aspiration is supported, and there is some reference to “beauty” within national policy, including in Paragraph 131 of the NPPF, there is concern that this is poorly defined and will need to be supported by more detailed guidance on what beauty means in practice.

Strategic Objectives

The twelve Strategic Objectives are comprehensive, covering the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development set out in Paragraph 8 of the NPPF. It is thus considered that they are consistent with national policy.