Yes

ID sylw: 101943

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports Draft Policy Direction 21 Arts and Culture, but recommends that an addition is made to ensure that the other towns work with the RSC and Stratford-Upon-Avon, to develop additional RSC venues, both temporary and permanent, in the other towns, and other locations across South Warwickshire.

Yes

ID sylw: 101944

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports Draft Policy Direction 20 and agrees that town centres need urgent revitalisation. Using Leamington Spa as an example, the Council highlights the impact of out-of-town retail and online shopping. It believes increasing residential development and hotel provision will boost demand for local retail, hospitality and specialist outlets. Converting some retail units into small office spaces could also enhance employment opportunities. The Council questions the town centre hierarchy, suggesting Warwick be demoted due to spatial constraints and congestion, while Stratford-upon-Avon and Kenilworth should be prioritised above Warwick for investment and development.

Yes

ID sylw: 101945

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

In general, Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports this policy and strongly believes that community facilities should be carefully protected from redevelopment into alternative uses.
Wording should be added to the policy specifically around the site owner being able to demonstrate actively working with the community to find a solution whereby the community acquires the facility.
Also, the wording relating to similar alternative facilities being available and accessible to the local community needs to be strengthened and made more specific. For example, the need to get a bus to an alternative small local shop would not meet the test.

Yes

ID sylw: 101946

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports this draft policy direction.

Yes

ID sylw: 101947

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports small-scale rural employment development, including converting redundant agricultural buildings, but seeks clearer policy guidelines. It assumes policies will apply only outside settlement boundaries and Strategic Growth Areas. The Council finds "scale appropriate to location" too vague and proposes specific limits: buildings up to 500m² within 1,500m² compounds, with exceptions for sites near settlements. Agricultural buildings could be replaced or converted within the same footprint. Additionally, the Council suggests limits on external ancillary space, such as capping overall site area at three times the building footprint, to ensure appropriate rural development.

Other

ID sylw: 101948

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports the Draft Policy Direction but questions its effectiveness in shaping SWLP policies. Stronger wording is suggested to ensure employment development reduces its carbon footprint, retrofits improve energy efficiency and renewable energy generation is mandatory. Clarity is needed on how policies will be applied in planning decisions, particularly regarding businesses in the green economy. The Council also questions whether this policy is necessary, given Section 7 already addresses climate resilience. Additionally, it seeks clarification on whether compliance with energy-saving measures or direct contribution to the green economy is required for development approval.

Yes

ID sylw: 101949

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports this Draft Policy Direction.

Yes

ID sylw: 101950

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Bishop’s Tachbrook Parish Council supports this Policy Direction but is unclear as to why Kenilworth is not referenced in the PD. Focusing on town centres will help to revitalise them, but this needs to be done carefully so that the workforce can access good transport links from surrounding areas and car-parking will need to be improved.

No

ID sylw: 101951

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

The Parish Council supports the concept of Major Investment Sites (MIS) but seeks clarity on their definition and relation to Policies 6.1 and 6.2. Policy 6.1 is too limited, naming only three sites, while 6.2 excludes many viable locations identified in 6.3. The Council disagrees with restricting strategic logistics at MIS.1, as M40 Jn12 improvements make it suitable for B8 uses. Additionally, a new MIS should be designated in the southeast and southwest of Stratford-Upon-Avon, where sites have been offered, to better support local employment and economic growth.

No

ID sylw: 101952

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

The Parish Council does not support the Core Opportunity Area (COA) policy, as it may discourage investment elsewhere in South Warwickshire and lacks clear purpose. The COA is too localised and fails to support employment land near Kenilworth, Coventry, or Stratford-Upon-Avon. If retained, additional COAs should be designated south of Stratford (SG18, SG19) with a relief road, near HS2/A46 (SG01, SG02) for Kenilworth and Coventry, and around Wellesbourne (SG15, SG16) linking to the M40/A46. These areas would boost local economies, create employment and support sustainable growth while preventing settlement coalescence.