Yes

ID sylw: 106514

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

We support the SWLP approach to prioritising access to public transport, walking and cycling routes.
The provisions of Policy Direction 31 illustrate the objections we have made in respect of applying a
sequential approach to delivering brownfield land before considering green field release – our underlying
objection is that broader sustainability considerations must outweigh any notion of sequential site release.
An inherently sustainable approach is to minimise reliance on the private car, rather than determining
development strategy by reference to a policy designation.
Applying the provisions of Policy Direction 31 it is clear that focussing development on the main towns and
settlements, which have good connections, is a sound and justifiable approach.

Yes

ID sylw: 106515

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

We support the provisions of Policy Direction 38. 10% BNG is a requirement which properly should be set
out in policy.
Policy should go further, and make clear that any voluntary commitment to delivering BNG beyond 10% is a
significant benefit which should be put in to a planning balance assessment at development management
stage.

Yes

ID sylw: 106516

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

We support the provisions of Policy Direction 43c, specifically in relation to the need for new development
to deliver new open spaces. However, the guidance for new open spaces should be provided now, to
enable GI strategies to be applied to Design Codes and a broader site by site assessment as to
infrastructure delivery, site yield and overall site viability and thus deliverability.
We support a broad range approach to open space typologies, including in relation to food production via
community orchards and allotments.

Yes

ID sylw: 106517

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Policy A – Providing the right size of homes.

We support the requirement that all new development should comply with the NDSS.
However, we make detailed objections to the provisions of Policy A.
It should not be a requirement that all 1 and 2 bedroom affordable homes be built with bedrooms capable
of accommodating 2 occupiers in each bedroom. The NDSS expressly provides for a 2 bedroom 3 person
home.
Furthermore, we object to 100% of all new open market housing achieving M4(2) standards. This is a
disproportionate requirement, it is not evidenced as being a requirement of the SWLP, and as a result we
would suggest a maximum of 50% of all new affordable housing achieving this standard.

No

ID sylw: 106518

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Policy B – Providing custom and self building housing plots
We object in principle to this policy.
Self build plots meets a specific need within the SWLP area, and it is appropriate to plan for the delivery of
self build properties, however the provision of 5% of all sites of 100 houses or more is a wholly
unacceptable approach to delivering on need.
Self build plots set within spatial growth sites will result in sites becoming piecemeal, it will be more
challenging to first development and then implement Design Coding, our experience is that self build
demand is low where such plots are set within a much larger strategic scale development, the servicing of
individual plots becomes problematic, and given the inherent risk associated with the set aside and
delivery of self build plots it makes the commitment to infrastructure more difficult.
The alternative approach is for the SWLP to expressly allocate sites specifically for the delivery of self build
plots and no other purposes. In this way Design Codes can be prepared reflective of the specifics of the
delivery of self build plots, planning permissions can be granted with site specific conditions and
obligations which are bespoke to the nature of self building, and infrastructure requirements and delivery
triggers drafted in a manner reflective of the timing issues around self build delivery.

Yes

ID sylw: 106519

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Policy J – Reducing flood risk
We broadly support the provisions of Policy J and the objective of reducing flood risk.
However, we consider that the provisions of the policy are not consistent with the NPPF, specifically
regarding the sequential approach to locating development.
The NPPF continues to apply the sequential test to locate development outside flood zones 2 and 3,
including in relation to pluvial flooding, and this includes all parts of a development site. Policy J refers to
applying an ‘internal’ sequential test, by first accepting a development site which is in flood zones 2 or 3
and then designing out vulnerable parts of a development to locate this in lower flood zone areas – which
could include locating vulnerable uses in flood zone 2. This is not the approach required by the NPPF (or
PPG in respect of undertaking sequential tests). The policy should be amended to make clear that all
development sites should apply the sequential test at site selection stage rather than layout design stage.

This approach should be applied to both plan making and development management

Other

ID sylw: 106520

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Call for sites Site 718 (SG13 Gaydon)

Land ownership – single freehold land owner, Wychbury Developments, promotor and house builder.
Collaboration with wider land parcel proposed, the site can come forward as a first phase consistent with a
wider masterplan, or as part of a comprehensive whole.
Site capacity – Up to 30 dwellings as a first phase to the wider site coming forward.
On site infrastructure delivery – blue and green infrastructure, biodiversity net gain, linkages to connect in
with existing non car travel routes in urban area, affordable housing, public open space in a range of
typologies.
Off site infrastructure delivery – layout to ‘forward face’ and integrate with urban area and adjacent land
parcels and/or open countryside, junction improvements as determined by strategic transport modelling
and site specific Transport Assessment, travel plans and a package of sustainable transport
improvements, education contributions, health contributions. Other contributions to be assessed through
SWLP evidence base and emerging policy framework.
Viability – no issues identified.
Delivery timescales – As follows;
• Submission of outline application – July 2025
• Outline granted – February 2026
• Submission of 1st Reserved Matters - May 2026
• Discharge of outline conditions - December 2026
• Reserved Matters approval - January 2027
• Discharge of conditions January - May 2027
• Start on Site (SoS) - June 2027 (following S184 / S278 technical approval)
• Plots delivered from September 2027