Other

ID sylw: 91024

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Canal & River Trust

It is important to ensure that any waterways policy clearly acknowledges the multi-functional nature of the canal network and the need to consider how development can impact its historic significance, its role as a wildlife habitat/blue green infrastructure corridor as well as offering active travel options along towpaths and presenting significant place-making opportunities through promoting high quality design, including provision of active frontages onto the canal, improving the public realm; sensitively integrating with the canal and any associated canal-side or canal-related features, structures or buildings.

Other

ID sylw: 91028

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Canal & River Trust

Canals offer an opportunity for supporting and promoting healthier lifestyles and helping to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of local communities by encouraging people to be more active, whether through leisure and recreation (including activities such as canoeing as well as walking or cycling along towpaths) or offering an active travelling option that is a sustainable alternative to using private motor cars to access services and facilities. Canals are a free-to-use resource that can benefit the whole community, and it is important that the Local Plan encourages nearby new development to seek to maximise the opportunities presented by them.

Other

ID sylw: 91032

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Canal & River Trust

The Canal & River Trust considers that any sustainable transport policy should make specific reference to the role that canal towpaths play in providing traffic free routes for walking/cycling for both leisure and utility walkers and providing a key route through parts of South Warwickshire, including the towns of Leamington Spa, Warwick and Stratford as well as linking urban and rural areas. The policy should identify the need for new developments to contribute towards improving access to towpaths, linking towpaths to other walking and cycling routes and the cost of improving towpath surfaces to facilitate year-round use.

Other

ID sylw: 91037

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Canal & River Trust

The Local Plan should seek to ensure that new development close to canals aims to protect and enhance their role as wildlife habitats through appropriate and sensitively designed landscape planting schemes and design of open spaces within developments. New development should seek to strengthen the role of canal corridors as part of the strategic green/blue infrastructure network, and particularly their value in providing a connection between other areas of green space.

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ID sylw: 91573

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Canal & River Trust

The Canal & River Trust has identified a number of sites as being located adjacent to, or close to, our canal network. Should any of these sites be allocated for development we ask that the potential impact on the heritage significance, character, appearance and biodiversity value of the canal network and potential effects on its infrastructure are all carefully considered. The Trust would welcome the opportunity for further discussion on the potential impact on our infrastructure if these sites are intended to be allocated.