No

ID sylw: 108546

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

Hayfield do not agree with this approach and do not consider the Spatial Growth Strategy to be appropriate. The strategy does not identify any residential allocations to support the rural community, only strategic growth locations and new settlements.
It is considered that a ‘dispersed’ growth strategy should be pursued by the Council, which provides a higher allocation for small to medium sized housing sites. This would enable sites including land at Tailors Lane, Upper Quinton (located within Priority Area 2), to provide new housing to help to sustain the rural settlements of South Warwickshire.

Other

ID sylw: 108547

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

The HELAA considered that land north of Tailor’s Lane in Upper Quinton is suitable, available and achievable for housing. This evidence demonstrates that there are no substantial reasons preventing future development and allocation of the site. It is considered that Site 151 should be allocated for residential development within the SWLP.

No

ID sylw: 108548

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

Hayfield consider that Draft Policy Direction 3 should be expanded to allow for development of small and medium sized sites of up to 40 homes to come forward, to ensure that a suitable mechanism is in place to bring forward sites capable of delivering homes within the early part of the Plan period. This is particularly imperative given the current emphasis within Policy Direction 1 to focus on strategic-scale sites. It is considered that the proposed amendments to this Policy Direction would help support the delivery of windfall sites, as proposed in Policy Direction 1.

No

ID sylw: 108549

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

Draft Policy A seeks to require at least 10% of market dwellings and at least 25% of affordable dwellings to be built to M4(3) standard. This policy is considered unduly onerous and could adversely impact on the viability of development within South Warwickshire, including allocated sites. Policy A is not considered justified and instead should reflect a requirement for at least 5% of all dwellings to be built to M4(3) standard, as is more commonly applied in other Local Plan areas.

No

ID sylw: 108550

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

Criterion 7 states that developments should consider the use of green roofs within future developments. However, this would conflict with the delivery of rooftop PV, as intended through Criterion 4. To deliver the Future Homes Standard, it will be necessary for homes to incorporate solar panels. Furthermore, green walls are a maintenance liability and are rarely successful in their implementation in residential development, once occupied by a homeowner. Therefore, it is considered that Criterion 7 should be deleted, in favour of the delivery of PV as noted in Criterion 4.

Other

ID sylw: 108551

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

The wording of draft Policy Direction 24 is unduly onerous, and it is considered that this should instead be set by national policy/ regulation. The requirement for all new developments of 50 or more dwellings to complete a whole life carbon assessment would create an even greater burden on SME housebuilders and is not considered reasonable or appropriate.
We would refer to the Government’s Written Ministerial Statement of the 13th of December 2023 which states, “the Government does not expect plan-makers to set local energy efficiency standards for buildings that go beyond current or planning building regulations. The proliferation of multiple, local standards by local authority area can add further costs to building new homes by adding complexity and undermining economies of scale”. We would therefore request that Policy Direction 24 be deleted.

No

ID sylw: 108552

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

We note the intention of Draft Policy 1 to require applicants to ensure that there is adequate water supply to serve the development. However, the water authorities have a legal obligation to ensure that there is an adequate water supply to serve new development. Therefore, this should be deleted from Policy 1, as it is beyond the scope of the applicant to deliver.

No

ID sylw: 108553

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

South Warwickshire is predominantly rural in character and as identified within the SWLP, the predominant form of transport is the private car. It would therefore be unrealistic to expect that all development will function as 20-minute neighbourhoods, as is more commonly seen in urban areas within other parts of the UK which benefit from significant public transport infrastructure. As recognised within the SWLP, in rural areas, a network of villages could collectively provide for the day-to-day needs of its residents, rather than a 20-minute neighbourhood approach.

The SWLP should seek to identify sites for housing across the Plan area including in the rural areas, such as land to the north of Tailor’s Lane in Upper Quinton. Policies should be developed which support new development in these areas which also enhance pedestrian and cycle connectivity and the provision of electric vehicle charging, to encourage more sustainable modes of travel. The proposed development at Tailor’s Lane would provide improved access to the PRoW network within Quinton, through new footpath connections within the site and connected to the public footpath to the north/ north-east. Electric vehicle charging points would also be provided to all new homes as standard, to promote more sustainable alternatives for private travel, to access facilities within the local villages to serve the daily needs of residents.

No

ID sylw: 108554

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

Hayfield supports the ambitions of draft Policy Direction 31 in promoting active travel. Within Hayfield’s developments, including the development proposals at land at Tailors Lane in Upper Quinton, enhancements to footpath and cycle connectivity are proposed within attractive green spaces, recognising the range of associated health and well-being benefits to both existing and future residents.
However, Stratford and Warwick are predominantly rural in character as recognised within the SWLP Preferred Options Consultation document. It would therefore be unrealistic to expect that all journeys can be made by sustainable modes of travel, as is more commonly seen in urban areas within other parts of the UK which benefit from significant public transport infrastructure. The wording of Policy Direction 31 should be amended to reflect a more flexible approach, which responds to the context.

No

ID sylw: 108555

Derbyniwyd: 29/06/2025

Ymatebydd: Hayfield Homes

There is a statutory requirement to deliver a minimum 10% net gain in biodiversity (BNG) and therefore the intention to require a minimum of 10% BNG is supported. However, reference to mandating a higher percentage of BNG above the statutory 10% requirement should be removed from Policy Direction 38. It is considered unduly onerous to require that developments in South Warwickshire deliver a higher level of BNG. Where the value of baseline habitats is high, mandating a higher BNG could render developments (including allocated sites) unviable, which would mean that much needed housing is not able to be delivered.