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ID sylw: 107783

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Catesby Estates Ltd

Asiant : Stantec

It is apparent from the consultation version of the SWLP that it is now intended for the Development Plan for Stratford and Warwick Districts to comprise two parts; the SWLP as a ‘part one’ plan which considers strategic issues within South Warwickshire (including strategic
site allocations), followed by further ‘part two’ policy documents which would come forward and prescribe “…detailed policies for specific areas, neighbourhoods or types of development. This could include allocating sites and the provision of infrastructure at a local level, establishing design principles and setting out other more detailed planning policies.”
A two-part Development Plan was not suggested as part of the previously Regulation 18 consultation on the SWLP and is therefore a new proposition.
Catesby Estates does not support a two-part plan as it represents a failure of both Councils to properly grasp the difficult issues and decisions that need to be made in terms of allocating sites at the local level and delivering the development needs of South Warwickshire.
In all likelihood, the deferral of these issues to a part-two plan will result in three to five years delay whilst any subsequent plan is prepared, submitted for examination and subsequently implemented. It is also an inefficient duplication of Council resources.
This failure to make difficult decisions is particularly evident given section 1.4 of the SWLP identifies that:
“Some policy topics that would typically fall within Part 2 of the plan have been transferred to this Part 1. Given priorities within the two Councils it has been deemed
necessary to advance the creation of these policies. A list of these expedited policies can be seen below:
• Arts and Culture
• Climate Resilient Design
• Design Codes
• Multi-functional Sustainable Drainage Systems
• Outdoor sports and leisure
• Trees, Hedges and Woodland
• Parks Gardens, food Growing Open Space and local green space
• Providing the Right Tenure and Type of Homes
• Providing the Right Size of Homes
• Protecting Community Facilities
• Water Efficiency
• Whole Life Cycle Carbon Emissions Assessments.”
This list is clearly comprehensive and includes the vast majority of issues that would be expected to be covered by a part-two plan, except for the allocation of local sites for development.
This deferral does not reflect a positive approach to Plan-making as required by Chapter 3 of
the NPPF.