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ID sylw: 107509

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Davidsons Homes

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Previous commitments, such as theMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Coventry and Warwickshire authorities, have resulted in Stratford-on-Avon and North Warwickshire allocating 2,880 dwellings to assist Coventry. However, these allocations must be revisited within the South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP) to ensure a continued and strategic approach to housing provision that aligns with the latest evidence base.
The SWLP must also recognise its strategic position within both the Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area (HMA) and the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA. Stratford-on-Avon has historically contributed to both HMAs, with allocations of 2,720 dwellings for Greater Birmingham and Black Country and 2,880 dwellings for Coventry and Warwickshire. As the plan extends to 2050, it must acknowledge the ongoing cross-boundary pressures and proactively accommodate a proportionate share of the unmet housing need. Deferring this responsibility to development management decisions or reserve sites would undermine the plan-led approach required by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Instead, a forward-looking policy framework should be established, ensuring that housing allocations comprehensively address regional demands while balancing infrastructure capacity and sustainability objectives.
Additionally, the SWLP must integrate a robust duty-to-cooperate mechanism, reflecting the demographic, economic, and migration trends influencing South Warwickshire’s housing market.
The SWLP will need to make a contribution by way of a duty to co-operate and accommodate unmet housing needs arising from outside the SWLP plan area. It is imperative that this is planned for now, having regard to NPPF paragraph 69.