Other

ID sylw: 103643

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Richborough - Sycamore Close, Stockton

Asiant : Turley

Richborough supports Draft Policy Direction 35 in principle, specifically in relation to all new residential developments including appropriate wired and wireless infrastructure to provide high speed internet access. However, it is considered that sufficient flexibility should be built-in to the policy to allow for future changes and feasibility considerations.

Other

ID sylw: 103644

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Richborough - Kineton Road, Wellesbourne

Asiant : Turley

Richborough supports Draft Policy Direction 35 in principle, specifically in relation to all new residential developments including appropriate wired and wireless infrastructure to provide high speed internet access. However, it is considered that sufficient flexibility should be built-in to the policy to allow for future changes and feasibility considerations.

Other

ID sylw: 103645

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Richborough - Wellesbourne Road, Wellesbourne

Asiant : Turley

Richborough supports Draft Policy Direction 35 in principle, specifically in relation to all new residential developments including appropriate wired and wireless infrastructure to provide high speed internet access. However, it is considered that sufficient flexibility should be built-in to the policy to allow for future changes and feasibility considerations.

Other

ID sylw: 103646

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Richborough - Plough Lane, Bishop's Itchington

Asiant : Turley

Richborough supports Draft Policy Direction 35 in principle, specifically in relation to all new residential developments including appropriate wired and wireless infrastructure to provide high speed internet access. However, it is considered that sufficient flexibility should be built-in to the policy to allow for future changes and feasibility considerations.

Other

ID sylw: 104229

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Stephen Norrie

Although the commitment to new technology is good, there are important social issues about ownership of this technology meaning that the issue cannot be considered solely through a framework of technological progress. The policy should reflect this.

No

ID sylw: 104629

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Neal Appleton

Smart tech requires energy. Developments that embed smart tech, should also consider the supplying green energy to power it.

Yes

ID sylw: 104826

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Ann Colley

agree, but must have strict control over the developers

Other

ID sylw: 107853

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Catesby Estates Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF, including Paragraphs 119 and 120, which highlight the importance of advanced, high quality and reliable communications infrastructure. This is essential for economic growth, social wellbeing, and supporting rural villages, in line with Paragraphs 82 and 83 of the NPPF.

However, the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps inappropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities. The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”. As the name suggests, smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’. Most of the focus is on high-speed broadband. The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

Other

ID sylw: 107974

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Rainier Developments Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF, including Paragraphs 119 and 120, which highlight the importance of advanced, high quality and reliable communications infrastructure. This is essential for economic growth, social wellbeing, and supporting rural villages, in line with Paragraphs 82 and 83 of the NPPF.

However, the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps inappropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities. The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”. As the name suggests, smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’. Most of the focus is on high-speed broadband. The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

Other

ID sylw: 108088

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Seven Homes

Asiant : Pegasus Group

The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF, including Paragraphs 119 and 120, which highlight the importance of advanced, high quality and reliable communications infrastructure. This is essential for economic growth, social wellbeing, and supporting rural villages, in line with Paragraphs 82 and 83 of the NPPF.

However, the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps inappropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities. The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”. As the name suggests, smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’. Most of the focus is on high-speed broadband. The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

No

ID sylw: 108231

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Persimmon Homes (South Midlands)

Asiant : Pegasus Group

The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF. However, it is contended that the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps not appropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities.

The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”; as the name suggests, the Post Note states that smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would thus not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’, with most of the focus being on high-speed broadband. The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

No

ID sylw: 108590

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Corbally Group (Harbury) Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF. However, it is contended that the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps not appropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities.

The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”; as the name suggests, the Post Note states that smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would thus not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’, with most of the focus being on high-speed broadband. The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

Yes

ID sylw: 108637

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Kiely Bros Holdings Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Policy Direction 35 – Smart Cities
9.4.
The content in this policy direction is supported. It is consistent with the NPPF §§119, 120, 82 and 83, which highlight the importance of advanced, high quality and reliable communications infrastructure, with this being essential for economic growth and social
wellbeing, and supporting rural villages.
9.5.
However, it is contended that the name of the policy direction, ‘Smart Cities’, is perhaps not appropriate for South Warwickshire, which consists of large rural areas, many smaller settlements, and no cities.
9.6.
The Government’s Post Note on Smart Cities (no. 656, September 2021) defines ‘smart city’ projects as “digital technologies and data to improve places by providing citizens with social, economic, and environmental benefits”; as the name suggests, the Post Note states that smart city technologies are mostly deployed in urban areas and would thus not be applicable to most of Stratford and Warwick Districts. The policy direction itself makes no reference to the term ‘smart cities’, with no definition provided (leaving this open to interpretation), nor are technologies included which could be described as ‘smart’, with most of the focus being on high-speed broadband.
9.7.
The policy should be renamed to better reflect its content and local geography or revised with a greater emphasis on smart city technologies and applications, with a clear relevance to South Warwickshire, including its rural settlements; for example, by clarifying whether such technologies should be incorporated into developments of a certain nature and scale, across the district, or restricted to schemes within or on the edge of urban areas.

Yes

ID sylw: 108946

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire’s residents and businesses require high speed reliable broadband
provision and mobile network connectivity which are essential foundations for
economic growth and prosperity.

Development proposals will be expected to provide the infrastructure for broadband
and mobile communications as essential utilities.
Broadband Provision

Residential and commercial developments including change of use or conversion
of existing buildings will be expected to deliver:
• Gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure using 'fibre to the premises' from a minimum of two fixed broadband providers, one of which is required to be a wholesale passive broadband provider.
• Alternative gigabit-capable technologies, where justified, for reasons including viability, distance from the network or other constraints preventing 'fibre to the premises'.

Mobile and Fixed Wireless Network Provisions

Residential and commercial developments will be expected to:
• Maintain and improve connectivity to mobile voice and data communications networks.
• Assign provision of land, in conjunction with lead authority and mobile network operators, on new settlement sites specifically for the development of new mobile infrastructure.
• Ensure that new mobile and fixed wireless network equipment is appropriately located and sympathetically designed to reduce their visual impacts on the surrounding area.
• Ensure that where technical evidence justifies the provision of new installations for mobile and fixed wireless infrastructure, the new infrastructure will be of appropriate scale and capacity for current and future mobile generations (2G, 4G, 5G, 6G and beyond).
• Demonstrate that new mobile installations or adaptations (including the addition of network apparatus) will safeguard public health in relation to the individual effects of the new proposal and the cumulative effects of all network facilities in that location.

Delivering high quality, digital infrastructure that meets the needs of businesses and communities is a key priority within Warwickshire's Economic Growth Strategy. This recognises that the provision of the best available digital connectivity is also an essential utility for businesses and communities. The intention is to ensure that mobile connectivity and broadband provision across Warwickshire meets the needs of employers and residents, in how they choose to work and live. Ultimately reducing the carbon footprint of residents and businesses across Warwickshire.

Connectivity is an essential utility and should be provided to communities as a means to support their quality of life, to facilitate social inclusion and to reduce the need to travel to access work, services and leisure opportunities. This connectivity should now be provided as an integral component of new development to secure the long-term social and economic vitality and viability of Warwickshire's communities. Warwickshire County Council recognises the need to balance the delivery of the best available connectivity to high-quality communications infrastructure with the viability of new development proposals within any relevant 'cost cap' per dwelling for connection to electronic communication, network connections

The provision of new digital infrastructure and gigabit-capable access will support agile working, a reduction in commuting and the growth of smart home technology to enable businesses and communities to contribute towards a cleaner and healthier environment and a reduction of their 'carbon footprint'