Other

ID sylw: 102464

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey support the approach to the provision of open space within new development. The Vision Document submitted in support of land north of Leamington Spa demonstrates how this can be delivered at the Site.

Taylor Wimpey would welcome the opportunity to review and comments on the future guidance referred to within Draft Policy Direction 43c.

Other

ID sylw: 102468

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey support the approach to the provision of urban parks and play areas within new development. The Vision Document submitted in support of land north of Leamington Spa demonstrates how this can be delivered at the Site.

Taylor Wimpey would welcome the opportunity to review and comments on the future guidance referred to within Draft Policy Direction 43d.

Other

ID sylw: 102472

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey support the approach to the provision of allotments, orchards and community gardens within new development. The Vision Document submitted in support of land north of Leamington Spa demonstrates how this can be delivered at the Site.

Taylor Wimpey would welcome the opportunity to review and comments on the future guidance referred to within Draft Policy Direction 43e.

Other

ID sylw: 102473

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey support the approach to the provision of outdoor sports and leisure within new development. The Vision Document submitted in support of land north of Leamington Spa demonstrates how this can be delivered at the Site.

Taylor Wimpey would welcome the opportunity to review and comments on the future guidance referred to within Draft Policy Direction 44.

Other

ID sylw: 102476

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey welcome recognition of the overriding considerations, for instance local housing need, where proposed development would result in some landscape harm.

This should be expanded to include instances where the principle of development is established through the NPPF and also where the benefit of providing development would outweigh the harm.

Yes

ID sylw: 107814

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey supports the preparation of the South Warwickshire Local Plan in principle. This notwithstanding, we consider there to be several issues which require further consideration prior to Regulation 19 consultation commencing to ensure the soundness of the plan.
We would welcome engagement with the Council in respect of the opportunity Taylor Wimpey’s site on land to the north east of Hampton Magna presents in advance of Regulation 19 consultation.
The emerging Part 1 Local Plan should clearly identify and define the quantum of growth required and where this will be met in South Warwickshire. This approach will ensure the Part 2 Local Plan, and any subsequent Neighbourhood Plans can plan positively for the number of homes needed.
Furthermore, the emerging Plan does not currently define the threshold size for a “strategic allocation”, this must be clarified to help identify sites to meet the needs of this plan.
Taylor Wimpey welcomes the intention to ‘re-assess’ any sites allocated in the adopted plans (or draft Stratford Site Allocations Plan) which do not yet benefit from planning permission, to consider whether there are underlying reasons for the sites not coming forward, and whether they align with the SWLP’s strategy.

Yes

ID sylw: 107833

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Overall, Taylor Wimpey supports the emerging vision. However, as noted, key issues raised with the previous version of the vision, such as giving unmet needs from other authorities greater priority and defining "strategic growth" and "Warwickshire's sustainable development needs", has not been translated into the updated vision.
The vision should also reference the importance of ensuring growth is located in the most sustainable locations to deliver the vision, for instance, on sites released from the Green Belt. This is a point that is made clear throughout the rest of the plan.
Taylor Wimpey supports the objectives overall.

No

ID sylw: 107834

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey have concerns with regards to the approach set out within Draft Policy Direction 1. Whilst it is appreciated that the Draft Plan has been prepared against the backdrop of changing national policy the approach as set out is not justified based on the new National Planning Policy Framework (‘NPPF 2024’), which along with the accompanying Planning Practice Guidance (PPG)2 [2 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2024) Planning Practice Guidance]– sets out the Government’s planning policies for England.
The emerging Plan as drafted, whilst acknowledging the outcome of the standard method, introduces uncertainty by also referencing housing need figures calculated prior to the publication of the NPPF 2024 within the 2022 Coventry and Warwickshire Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA).
Draft Policy Direction 1 should therefore be redrafted to include
‘The South Warwickshire Local Plan will make provision for the delivery of at least 2,188 dwellings per annum, this being the minimum need calculated using the standard method. This equates to at least 54,700 dwellings over a 25-year plan period from 2025 – 2050’

Yes

ID sylw: 107836

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Site 573
Part B of the HELAA identifies and assesses the following constraints as “amber”
: • Site 573:
‒ Green Belt
‒ Greenfield
‒ Viability and deliverability
‒ Minerals Safeguarding
‒ Surface water (although only on a small proportion of the site)
‒ Listed buildings (only part of the site in close proximity) ‒ Local Wildlife Site (only part of the site in close proximity)
the sites (reference HMG1 and HMG2) are considered to make an overall “weak” contribution to the purposes of the Green Belt.
Having regard to the minerals safeguarding of the site, it is noted that other sites identified for potential allocation are also in safeguarding areas.
The viability and deliverability of site 573 is also noted as an amber constraint, it is unclear what the justification is for this. However, the deliverability of the site is not considered to be a constraint, in planning terms, the site is deliverable for new homes subject to its removal from the Green Belt.
On the basis set out above, the site promoted by Taylor Wimpey is considered to represent a deliverable site opportunity which could come forward early in the plan period.

No

ID sylw: 107841

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

The approach set out in Draft Policy Direction 3, is not supported.
The emerging plan proposes several strategic scale allocations (although it does not specifically define what strategic is considered to be or identify which policies are strategic, contrary to paragraph 21 of the NPPF) and sets out in Draft Policy Direction 3 that Neighbourhood Plans will be the mechanism by which housing and employment allocations are established for smaller settlements (which is also not defined in the emerging plan).
Firstly, although the allocation of large-scale strategic sites and new settlements is supported in principle, this should be combined with the identification of medium and smaller scale sites. This would ensure there is an immediate, short-term supply upon adoption of the plan and avoid there being an overreliance on sites which typically require extensive infrastructure and complex and convoluted detailed planning permissions prior to new homes being built.
Secondly, reliance on Neighbourhood Plans to identify sites for allocation is also not considered to be a positive and/or proactive way to plan make. There is no statutory requirement for communities to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan and the emerging Local Plan does not set out a requirement at Draft Policy Direction 3 for them to be prepared. Therefore, there can be no certainty that these plans would be prepared or the timescales for which they would be prepared.
The reliance on Neighbourhood Plans is considered to be inappropriate.
the Draft Policy Direction seeks to limit small scale development to infilling and/or affordable housing to meet local needs, within or adjacent to the Built Up Urban Area Boundaries. This doesn’t take into consideration the updates to the NPPF in relation to the Grey Belt defined at Annex 2, and the exceptions for development of sites that meet the criteria established.
Land to the north east of Hampton Magna promoted by Taylor Wimpey is located within Priority Area 1, identified as a key area for strategic growth. Given the site is relatively unconstrained, it is considered to be deliverable, and could come forward quickly and early in the plan period, representing a sustainable approach to growth and addressing housing needs.