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ID sylw: 108099

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Seven Homes

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Two of South Warwickshire’s most sustainable locations for growth fall within this potential buffer - Shipston-on-Stour and land at Long Marston, identified as a Strategic Growth Location (SG17) and Potential New Settlement (E1) respectively.

This appears to have been influenced by comments from the Cotswold National Landscape Board to the Issues & Options Consultation. However, there is no basis for a National Landscape buffer in national policy. No evidence been provided to suggest that this is needed. The Cotswolds National Landscape Management Plan 2023 – 2025 doesn't refer to a buffer or suggest that one should be established. The Management Plan serves as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications within the National Landscape and its setting. The current policy approach to the National Landscape in the Stratford Core Strategy should be carried over in the absence of evidence or justification tor a buffer. Development shouldn't be precluded in sustainable locations where schemes can be designed in a manner which doesn't adversely impact the National Landscape or its setting.

NPPF Paragraph 189 already requires 'great weight' to be given to conserving and enhancing 'landscape and scenic beauty' in National Landscapes. It also requires "…development within their setting should be sensitively located and designed to avoid or minimise adverse impacts on the designated areas.” The requirement for development within the 'setting' of National Landscapes to be sensitively located and designed means that a policy on this matter and a buffer are unnecessary.