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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Debra Neal

I live in Ladbroke, Warwickshire. I have the following responses to your recent request for input on the South Warwickshire Local Plan.

Flooding

Living in Ladbroke I suffered, in 2007, the consequences of flooding. A large element of the flooding was run off from the fields around the village. In the following years Warwickshire Council were able to help householders with some mitigation works.

There has been no investment in flood alleviation to manage the run off from agricultural land and new housing in F2 would need to be protected. The area that would be unavailable needs to recognised in the calculation of the number of houses that could be developed in F2. The SWLP documents already recognise the risk for F3.

D.7.2 Surface Water Flood Risk compared with local experience would appear to underestimate risk and the statement “negligible” impact needs to be reviewed.

Regulation 18 (Issues and Options) SA of the SWLP – Appendix D: New Settlements

Appendix C_New Settlements_24_191224LB.docx)


Wildlife

I strongly support the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust position on the potential negative impacts of the SWLP.

· With regard to Policy 37 – Nature recovery strategy the draft policy is too weak and more ambitious targets are needed if 30% is to be achieved by 2030.

· Policy 42 – Trees, hedges, woodland the plan needs to set a tree canopy target

· Local wildlife sites – F2 includes Deppers Bridge Meadow PLWS which appears not to have been considered in selecting the site.

Furthermore, in its current form the Local Plan contains no push for increasing biodiversity, which is essential for the health of the natural environment in South Warwickshire and beyond.

Priority habitat has not been properly valued in the SWLP. Settlements C1 and F2 contain the highest percentage of priority habitat within their indicative boundaries, approximately 6.7% of New Settlement F2 coinciding with deciduous woodland and good quality semi-improved grassland. For the long term benefits of South Warwickshire these lands need to be protected and not used for housing.

R18 SA of the SWLP: Preferred Options – Appendix C: New settlements