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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Indurent Propco A3 Ltd

Asiant : Turley

Indurent Propco A3 Ltd (‘Indurent’) raises no concerns with the approach to identify new settlement locations to address the
housing requirement. The NPPF is clear at paragraph 77 that the “supply of large number of new homes can often be best
achieved through planning for larger scale development, such as new settlements or significant extensions to existing
villages and towns”.
However, the plan must not place an overreliance on strategic sites delivering the required housing during the plan period.
Stratford District Council’s Core Strategy (adopted 2016) allocated two new settlements in Long Marston Airfield (LMA) and
Gaydon / Lighthorne Heath (GLH) to deliver around 4,400 new homes over the plan period to 2031 (2,100 and 2,300
respectively).
The most recent annual monitoring report for Stratford-on-Avon district was released in December 2023 and covered the
period 2022/23. For the LMA, the report advised that 251 homes had been built by 2022/23. The housing trajectory in the
Core Strategy anticipated the new settlement would have delivered 550 dwellings at this point. Moreover, the LMA only has
detailed planning permission for 400 new homes. Although it is understood that applications for another 500 homes will be
permitted shortly, the outline application for the wider 3,100 dwellings was submitted in 2018 and remains undetermined
(18/01892/OUT). It is understood that the delay to the South Western Relief Road is preventing the majority of the site
coming forward, so it is highly unlikely that the LMA will deliver 2,100 new homes by the end of the plan period. The same
monitoring report confirmed that only 454 new homes were built up to 2022/23 (against the assumed number of 725
dwellings at the same stage in the housing trajectory). The report advises that the whole GLH new settlement is expected to
deliver only 1,651 new homes by 2031 (against the target of 2,300 new homes for the plan period).
The redevelopment of the Business Park for residential uses would not be dependent upon the South Western Relief Road
coming forward. There remains sufficient trip capacity within the wider Meon Vale site to accommodate further, and
significant, residential development. Moreover, the potential future closure of the Business Park would open up more
capacity on the network which would be absorbed by further housing development. Evidence can be provided to the
councils to demonstrate this in more detail.
Moreover, the redevelopment of the Business Park for residential uses would benefit from the existing services and facilities
on Meon Vale (primary school, village hall, convenience store, cafes, leisure centre, sports pitches, open spaces). The key
infrastructure already exists at Meon Vale which gives certainty of delivery if Indurent decided to promote the Business Park
for redevelopment to residential use during the plan period. It would also benefit the local planning authorities as the site
could be delivered early in the plan period.