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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Alscot Estate

Asiant : Jonathan Thompson Land & Consultancy Limited

The Estate agrees that “a well-functioning, sustainable transport network is essential for creating vibrant, accessible and inclusive communities” and “It will support the economic growth, reduce environmental impacts, and improve the quality of life for residents in South Warwickshire.”

We recognise there are transportation issues in both local authority areas that need to be mitigated against when delivering new development to avoid exacerbating the situation. We broadly support the approach in Draft Policy 31. However, there needs to be a degree of flexibility in determining whether a site can deliver suitable sustainable transport options when directing development towards rural areas.

NPPF Paragraph 10 emphasises that ‘opportunities to maximise sustainable transport solutions will vary between urban and rural areas, and this should be taken into account in both plan-making and decision-making’. There is clear support in the NPPF for rural housing, which can support local services. In some cases, development in one village can support services in a nearby village where there are groups of smaller settlements. The NPPF also supports employment growth in rural areas, where sites ‘may have to be found adjacent to or beyond existing settlements, and in locations that are not well served by public transport’. The emerging Local Plan should reflect this.