No

ID sylw: 107390

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

No, the plan should set out a tree canopy target, as other Councils have done, to be more ambitious at a wider scale.
The plan isn’t considered ambitious enough in terms of enhancing new areas and pushing for more than just preservation. The Councils also needs to undertake an update of TPO worthy trees in the area. To protect existing environmental assets, which benefit wider health, wellbeing and tourism.

No

ID sylw: 107391

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

No. The Councils should not be relying on the few adopted Neighbourhood Plans. As set out in the NPPF it is their duty to ensure that land is allocated for Local Green Spaces and protection within their local plans and be proactive in regards to this important designation.
A lot of the plan area isn’t covered by neighbourhood plans and these key sites form important green spaces in terms of biodiversity and health benefits to local communities. The plan includes other Part 2 policies so why not these important allocations also.

Yes

ID sylw: 107392

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Yes, in principle. Although it isn’t clear if this allocation will be used to replace the important Green Belt, GI corridors and Wildbelt designations which should already be included in the Plan and given substantial weight. Green Belts shouldn’t include housing allocations; and if reviewed should include more comprehensive assessments, and an option in the SA of ‘no housing in the green belt’ too.

Yes

ID sylw: 107393

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Yes, in principle. pleased to see retention of The National Landscape Area as it’s an important designation, although it is essential to provide more details on how the buffer will work in practice, and that there are sufficient powers to refuse future applications that impact this important landscape area.

Other

ID sylw: 107394

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

This policy needs stronger wording as it currently states that the SLA designation will not restrict development in these areas, which are valuable for wildlife and legally protected and important species.
Development must be restricted and directed towards lower value areas where the impact on nature will not be so significant. These areas are key wildlife corridors for protected and important species and form transitional areas, as key wildlife habitats.

Other

ID sylw: 107395

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Development should not be allowed in these landscape character area, and the caveats should be removed (such as that ‘unless there would be an over-riding benefit, for instance to meet an evidenced local housing need’). The Local Plan should be allocating suitable land for housing need without needing to allow additional development in key areas for wildlife.
The NERC duty places a legal duty on Councils to legally consider biodiversity, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 also protects wildlife and biodiversity.

Other

ID sylw: 107532

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is extremely concerned by the scale of the proposed housing, which seems grossly exaggerated. The Plan reports a need for 1,679 dwellings per annum, but suggests allocating 600 surplus houses to allow sufficient flexibility. This will have a significant negative impact on the important habitats and protected species across the area. The Local Plan must deliver houses in suitable numbers for residents but in suitable locations and help deliver the Environment Act 2021s target of 30% of land allocated to nature and in recovery by 2030.
The Plan also allocates many housing sites in the Green Belt, which is an important land designation intended to protect the edges of wildlife sites and provide a transitional and safe area for important protected and declining species. The SA and plan strategy hasn’t considered a ‘no Green Belt option’ even at the early stages.
WWT is not satisfied that the Councils have carried out a detailed Green Belt Review to include this land, particularly the Stage 2 work as well landscape impact assessments. They also have not done individual Flood Assessment work yet (SFRA part 2s), which should be carried out in order to help chose sites and the strategy.

Yes

ID sylw: 107533

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

WWT is extremely concerned regarding the vast number of allocations on and near to important Local Wildlife sites, PLWSs, SSSI, nature reserves, AONB and ancient woodlands and stingly advice the Councils to reassess their sites considering the LWS designation, to avoid impacting legally protected species and designations such as SSSIs and Landacape Areas as well as important wildlife sites.
Below we have listed all of the key allocated Local Wildlife Sites which would be impacted, if the Councils don’t reassess the sites and reconsider. The Council should also be using the most up to date Local Wildlife Site layer and appears to be using old mapping data:
Allocation Housing Sites:
SG01
LWS Whitefield Coppice, Tocil Wood and Brookstray, The Pools Wood, Broadwells Wood, Kenilworth Greenway, Black Waste Wood, Wainbody and Kenilworth Road Woods.
pLWS Old Brickyard Plantation, Bockendon Grange Pond.
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Crackley Wood
SG02
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Stoneleigh Park, Stonehouse Farm Pools, Dalehouse Lane, Road Verge, River Sowe & Finham Brook & lakes, Hares Parlour & Brick Kiln Spinney, Motslow Hill
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Stareton Wood & Stare Hill,
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites the Rough, Glasshouse Wood.

SG03
pLWS Rowley Lane

SG04
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Cattle Brook
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Black Spinney

SG06
LWS River Avon and Tributaries

SG07
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Budbrooke Farm Woodlands and Black Brake Plantation
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Budbrook House Meadows

SG08
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Warwick Racecourse

SG09
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Plestowes Spinney and Hareway Lane Woodland
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Oakley Wood
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Site Greys Mallory

SG10
LWS River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Greys Mallory


SG011
LWS River Avon and Tributaries, Mollington Hill
pLWS Highdown Farm & Highdown Hill Plantation, Field at Fosse Farm, Railway Cutting, Whitnash Meadow.
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Site Oakley Wood
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Site Chesteron Mill Pool

SG012
LWS Southam Meadow South, Southam Bypass Cutting,
pLWS Mature Elm, Hill Farm Wood
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Long Itchington Quarry

SG13
LWS Gaydon Coppice
pLWS Gaydon Proving Ground, Castle Farm Meadows, Kingston Grange Plantation, Bishop's Gorse, Gaydon Covert, Buttercup Meadow, Poolfield Ponds, Chadhunt Hall, Kingston Grange Pools, Chadshunt Spinney
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites River Derve, Gaydon Meadows

SG14
pLWS Itchington Holt, Green Lane, Long Meadows
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Castle Farm Meadows
River Itchin - tributaries run throughout this SG14 area.
SG15
LWS Wellesbourne Dene Meadows, River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS River Dene, Firtree Hill Spinney
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Charlecote Park, River Dene Floodplain Meadows

SG16
LWS Wellesbourne Dene Meadows, Wellesbourne Woods
pLWS Dene Valley, River Dene Floodplain Meadows, River Dene, Wellesbourne Woods

SG17
pLWS River Stour, Shipston on Stour River Meadows, Sewage Bed

SG18
LWS River Avon and Tributaries, Bordon Hill Old Rifle Range, Clopton House Meadow
pLWS The triangle Hedgerow, Wildmoor, Bishopton Meadow, Woodland near Bishopton Lodge, Site Adjacent to Canal, Oxfordshire, Wolverhampton & Warwickshire Dismantled Railway, Disused Railway
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Cadle Pool Farm Meadow,
Within 50 m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Drayton Manor Solar Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, Bordon Hill Field, Drayton Bushes, Welcombe Estate, Billesley Wood, Seven Meadows and Stratford Steeplechase Meadow.


SG19
LWS Bridgetown Fields, River Avon and Tributaries,
pLWS Disused Railway

SG20
LWS River Avon and Tributaries, Broom Old Quarry
pLWS Bidford Golf Course, Summer Hill Roadside Verge and Grassland, Plantation at Waterloo Road
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Alcester - Broom Disused Railway

SG21
LWS River Arrow
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Arrowlane Plantation, Coldcomfort Wood

SG22
LWS River Arrow
pLWS Dismantled Railway

SG23
LWS River Alne, Henley Sidings Nature Reserve, Henley Meadows
pLWS Henley Golf Club Lake site, Dismantled Railway Line

SG24
LWS River Alne
pLWS Hockley Heath Meadow, Stratford on Avon Canal
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Spring Coppice, School Lane Marsh

No

ID sylw: 107534

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

No. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is extremely concerned regarding the allocation of a whole new settlement of up to 6,000 homes and the potential environmental impacts. Local Wildlife Sites, Potential Wildlife Sites, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, designated Nature Reserves and other important sites are incredibly important for wildlife within our natural landscape. It doesn’t appear that the Councils have considered these at all in the selection of their new settlement locations.
WWT also has issues over scale of the new settlements at 6,000 homes. Which will have Large impacts on wildlife corridors and surroundings by habitats.
Several proposed new settlements in the Local Plan are within existing Green Belt, which hasn’t been fully reviewed, with no option of ‘no green belt; in the Sustainability Apprisal.
If built these would have a negative impact on designated sites and wildlife including protected and declining species at these locations which are transitional buffers for nature and would reduce access to nature for people living in urban areas.
Impacted Local Wildlife Sites are listed below:
A1
LWS Mockley Wood, River Alne, Rams Hall Coppice
pLWS Round Wood and Longwood, Forde Hall Lane Hedges, Little FordHall, Tanworth Hedgerow
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Bates Green Lane
Greenbelt and 40+ha of woodland.
A2
LWS Park Farm Meadows, Clarksland Coppice, River Alne, Bissells Coppice, Jonathans Coppice
pLWS Browns Green Wood, Shakespeare Line Railway, Malthouse Lane Meadows, Umberslade Park Woods, Spring Brook Pond, Spring Brook Hedgerow
Rural location within Green Belt
B1
LWS Brownley Green Lane, River Avon and Tributaries, River Alne, Hatton Wood, Hatton Locks Meadows, Grand Union Canal West
pLWS Meadows and Ponds Bordering Grand Union Canal, Wood at Hatton Farm, Hatton Rush Pasture, Wood, Railway Embankment, The Wilderness, Barnes Coppice, Hill Kitchen Coppice and Surrounding Woodland, Hatton Hill Fields
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Hatton Park Grasslands
Greenbelt and overall contains around 5ha of woodland and around 5ha of medium connectivity grassland as well as the Grand Union Canal.
BW
LWS River Alne, River Avon and Tributaries
pLWS Gospel Oak Lane, Meadow
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Hardwick Farm Meadows, Bearley Sidings, Wood by Churchill, Arden Hill Farm Meadow, Hardwick Farm Meadows.
Within Green Belt and adjacent to Snitterfield and Bearley Bushes SSSI, important SSSI and LWS.
C1
LWS Turners End Farm (North), Rowington Coppice, Turners End Marsh, The Long Meadow, Grand Union Canal West, Brome Hall Lane, River Alne, Western Hall Farm, Baddesley Clinton Park
pLWS Brome Hall Bridge Marsh, Stratford on Avon Canal, Turners End Farm (North), Harborough Banks
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Harborough Banks, Turners End Farm north.

Hay Wood Local Wildlife Sites is close by just over 50 metres.
Greenbelt and contains around 10ha wetland and 7ha woodland.


E1
LWS Meon Vale,
pLWS Meon Vale, Marchfont Brook Corridor, Wincot Lands Wood, The Greenway, Dismantled Railway, Lower Gorse and Sheepleys Covert, The Greenway Meadow
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites River Avon and Tributaries
Contains 30ha of high connectivity grassland.
F1
pLWS Land adjacent to SSSI
Within 0.5km of Harbury Cutting SSSI and cuts into the “Land adjacent to SSSI” pLWS.

F2
pLWS River Itchen, Clear Pool, Deppers Bridge Farm,
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Hambridge Road Meadows
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Disused Railway

Within 0.5km of Harbury Cutting SSSI. Bisected by River Itchen (which is pLWS). Adjacent to Bishops Hill and Bishops Bowl pLWS and contains Clear Pool pLWS. Contains 2 ha of woodland.
F3
pLWS Grange Farm (keep), Watergall Fox Covert, Hill Farm Brook and Meadow, Bush Close Spinney, River Itchen Triburtary, River Itchen, Watergall Bridge Pond
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Disused Railway

Within 0.75km of River Itchen SSSI. Contains two brooks, 3.6ha woodland and considerable amounts of high connectivity grassland habitats.
G1
LWS Knightcote Bottoms Farm
pLWS Bawcutt's Covert
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Disused Railway, Green Lane
1.25km of River Itchen SSSI.
X1
LWS River Avon and Tributaries,
pLWS Plestowes Spinney and Hareway Lane Woodland, Wood
Within 50m of the following Local Wildlife Sites Oakley Wood


X2
LWS River Avon and Tributaries, Whitnash Brook
pLWS Highdown Farm & Highdown Hill Plantation, Field at Fosse Farm
Within 50m of the following potential Local Wildlife Sites Mollington Hill, Railway Cutting

No

ID sylw: 107535

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

No. The councils Evidence base recommends that between 75 and 125ha of land be allocated for Employment Growth, however the Plan proposes 125ha, the upper limit of development. This is unnecessary and will have larger impacts on important environmental assets and habitats in the area, as well as designated sites and protected species, and does not align with the Government’s 30% by 2030 targets.
WWT is also concerned regarding the lack of up-to-date employment need evidence with three different studies and Office needs unclear. Also, no evidence for Strategic Industrial Need yet and it only goes up till 2045.
The allocations are directly next to Chesterton Wood, an important Local Wildlife site, and extremely close to the River Avon and Tributaries LWS, Redlands Brake PLWS, New Waters LWS, Budbrooke Farm Woodlands and Black Brake Plantation LWS, development on which would have detrimental effects for wildlife and climate change targets.