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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is extremely concerned by the scale of the proposed housing, which seems grossly exaggerated. The Plan reports a need for 1,679 dwellings per annum, but suggests allocating 600 surplus houses to allow sufficient flexibility. This will have a significant negative impact on the important habitats and protected species across the area. The Local Plan must deliver houses in suitable numbers for residents but in suitable locations and help deliver the Environment Act 2021s target of 30% of land allocated to nature and in recovery by 2030.
The Plan also allocates many housing sites in the Green Belt, which is an important land designation intended to protect the edges of wildlife sites and provide a transitional and safe area for important protected and declining species. The SA and plan strategy hasn’t considered a ‘no Green Belt option’ even at the early stages.
WWT is not satisfied that the Councils have carried out a detailed Green Belt Review to include this land, particularly the Stage 2 work as well landscape impact assessments. They also have not done individual Flood Assessment work yet (SFRA part 2s), which should be carried out in order to help chose sites and the strategy.