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ID sylw: 107885

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey reserves the right to comment on the LNRS once drafted, otherwise the draft policy is supported in principle.

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ID sylw: 107886

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Careful consideration should be given to increasing the requirement for BNG above 10% and the implication this will likely have for delivery and viability.
142 Policy 38 should also recognise that landowners and developers may have access to additional land within the LPA or elsewhere, where they can provide for any additional offsite mitigation required. Offsite mitigation should not be limited to those sites identified through the LNRS.
Taylor Wimpey welcome the opportunity to comment further on any environmental net gain policy. Again, consideration should be given to how any additional requirements would impact site deliverability/viability, and sufficient evidence provided to demonstrate and justify the need to go above and beyond national standards.

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ID sylw: 107887

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Careful consideration should be given to increasing the requirement for BNG above 10% and the implication this will likely have for delivery and viability.
Policy 38 should also recognise that landowners and developers may have access to additional land within the LPA or elsewhere, where they can provide for any additional offsite mitigation required. Offsite mitigation should not be limited to those sites identified through the LNRS.
Taylor Wimpey welcome the opportunity to comment further on any environmental net gain policy. Again, consideration should be given to how any additional requirements would impact site deliverability/viability, and sufficient evidence provided to demonstrate and justify the need to go above and beyond national standards.

Other

ID sylw: 107888

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

The Draft Policy Direction sets out the intention to apply a “Greening Factor” to major development, this is considered to be akin to a net gain policy, specifically targeted at environmental enhancements. This ultimately repeats Draft Policy Direction 39 and therefore they aren’t considered to both be necessary.
Any additional Green Infrastructure requirement should be considered in respect of the existing nature of the site and site constraints.
Clarity on how the greening factor will be calculated for an area should be provided and the methodology for developing this should also be consulted upon as part of the emerging plan.

Yes

ID sylw: 107889

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

We broadly agree that consideration should be given to the carbon sequestration potential of land. This is often a requirement set by Natural England in response to EIA Scoping for large scale development. Certain land types such as peatland can have a significant carbon sequestration and storage benefit and avoiding development on this type of land or ensuring adequate mitigation is important.
It is noted that further work is required to determine the threshold for protecting and enhancing carbon sinks. We would recommend this is considered carefully as this will have impacts on the land available for development and viability of development. It is possible there may be unintended consequences from setting the threshold too high, effectively sterilising areas of land from development, despite these potentially being more sustainable locations for development than others.

Other

ID sylw: 107890

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

It is noted that there is a presumption in favour of retaining trees, this is supported.
However, the policy only recognises that the removal of trees meeting specific criteria i.e. TPO’s, trees in conservation areas, will only be allowed where there are sound arboricultural reasons for removal. This is generally supported, however, the policy should also recognise that there may be an instance where a tree needs to be removed to provide a specific requirement of development, for instance, where removal is required to facilitate an access point. The policy should expand the acceptable justification for removal, instead setting out that in instances where it is essential for infrastructure delivery, all other options should be explored before the removal of specific trees is permitted, and its removal weighed in the planning balance.

Yes

ID sylw: 107892

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: 107894

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Site 154
The site has the capacity to deliver circa 300 new homes based on a density of 35 dwellings per hectare on approximately 8.9 hectare developable area. The site will comprise a mix of different types, tenures and sizes including market and affordable homes. This approach will create a balanced and sustainable neighbourhood that meets the identified needs of the south Warwickshire area.
The non-developable area will comprise access routes, a hierarchy of streets to facilitate safe pedestrian and cycling movement and be knitted together by a central parkland (circa 1.7ha) and surrounding green infrastructure, woodland and open space (circa 3.97ha).
1.9 The connectivity potential of the site to the centre of Hockley Heath, the wider area of south Warwickshire and Solihull and the proximity to the HS2 Interchange Station, represents an opportunity to provide a highly accessible neighbourhood. Such connectivity will allow future residents to travel sustainably to a variety of employment and recreational opportunities.
The site constraints and opportunities and an illustrative development framework is provided at Appendix 1 (see attachment) of this Statement.

Yes

ID sylw: 107900

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Part A determines that the site is not subject to “significant constraints to development, for which mitigation would not be possible or would be very difficult to achieve” and as such, is progressed for further assessment through Part B of the HELAA.
Part B of the HELAA identifies and assesses the following constraints as “amber”
‒ Green Belt
‒ Greenfield
-Minerals Safeguarding
-Surface water (although only on a small proportion of the site)
‒ Listed buildings (only part of the site in close proximity)
the site promoted by Taylor Wimpey is considered to represent a deliverable site opportunity which could come forward early in the plan period.
Furthermore, it is not expected that the site would require any significant infrastructure to enable development given the overall scale of the site opportunity.
In addition to the above, the land referred to as land “Adjacent to Hockley Heath Recreation Ground/ Access also via Aylesbury Road/Old Warwick Road” (HELAA site reference: 679) extending to the south of the site, and forming part of the SG24 Strategic Growth Location, represents a potential opportunity to further extend the site. Combined, the land to the north (HELAA Ref: 154) and the southern parcel (HELAA Ref: 679) has the potential to provide 600 - 700 dwellings overall.

Other

ID sylw: 107910

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Overall, Taylor Wimpey support development being consistent with and contributing to the implementation of transport strategies, reflecting the ‘sustainable travel and economy’ approach, the true ‘modal shift’ described at p46, and the improvement of public transport. This is considered to broadly align with Section 9 of the NPPF. Sites which benefit from existing access to public transport should be prioritised for future growth, particularly in the instance that additional sites need to be identified to meet the additional needs calculated for South Warwickshire.
Taylor Wimpey welcomes the reference to site specific infrastructure and other requirements in any forthcoming allocation policies given this will provide better certainty going forward. However, this needs to be proportionate to the scale of development proposed, based on up-to-date evidence of need and subject to viability (which should be explicitly referenced in the policy wording). These requirements will also need to be justified through the evolving IDP.