Preferred Options 2025

2. How to Have Your Say

The consultation document contains 11 draft policies, 49 draft policy directions, 24 Strategic Growth Locations (SGL's) and 12 potential new settlement locations. In response to these policy directions, strategic growth locations and potential new settlement locations, officers would like to seek your views on the content of the draft policy directions, draft policies and which of the strategic growth locations should be considered for development. We would also like you to identify the most suitable and deliverable locations for potential new settlements. You may respond to as many, or as few of these draft policy directions, draft policies, strategic growth locations, and potential new settlement locations as you wish.

The period for identifying your preferred options and submitting any comments is between Friday 10^th January and Friday 7^th March 2025. Comments received after the deadline will not be considered.

2.1 How to view the consultation

Online

The consultation content and supporting information is available to view at www.southwarwickshire.org.uk/swlp/preferred-options.

Paper copies:

Physical copies of the consultation document are available to view at*:

• Stratford on-Avon District Council, Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HX
• Town Hall, Royal Leamington Spa
• Alcester Library
• Bidford Community Library
• Harbury Community Library
• Henley Community Library
• Kenilworth Library
• Kineton Community Library
• Leamington Spa Library and Information Centre
• Lillington Library and Information Centre
• Shipston-on-Stour Library and Information Centre
• Southam Library and Information Centre
• Stratford-upon-Avon Library and Information Centre
• Studley Community Library
• Warwick Library and Information Centre
• Wellesbourne Library and Information Centre
• Whitnash Library and Information Centre
• Brunswick Healthy Living Centre

*- Please check the opening hours of the premises and any restrictions before visiting

If you would like to purchase your own copy of the consultation document, please email SWLP team on swlp@stratford-dc.gov.uk or swlp@warwickdc.gov.uk

2.2 How to Comment

Representations can be made to this consultation by submitting comments using the online consultation portal. We would encourage people to submit their responses using the online consultation portal.

There are a range of questions throughout the document, which can all be answered with either a 'yes', 'no' or 'other' response. Once you select a response to the question you are answering you will be asked to provide a comment. If you do not have further comments to make, you can simply respond 'N/A' in the comment box. Once you have selected your response and provided a comment you can submit your representation.

This document contains a wide range of topics, and you may wish to respond to the topic areas that are of most interest to you. However, there is no limit on how many topic areas/policy directions you can respond to. Using the online consultation portal is the most effective way to share your views with us. This method also helps ensure that the responses are captured at one single point and officers don't have to input the responses manually into the system. This ensures that officer time is used most efficiently in handling and analysing consultation responses. However, if you are unable to comment using the online form, we will also accept responses by email or post to either:

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

The SWLP Team, Stratford -on-Avon District Council Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HX
Email: swlp@stratford-dc.gov.uk

Or

Warwick District Council

The SWLP Team Warwick District Council Town Hall, Parade, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 4AT
Email: swlp@warwickdc.gov.uk

2.3 Call for Sites

A targeted 'call for sites' is running simultaneously with this consultation. This call for sites is only for sites that meet at least one of the purposes below:

• A site that falls within or adjacent to one of the 12 proposed New Settlement Locations
• A Gypsy and Traveller/Travelling Showpeople Site
• A site for commercial or community-led renewable energy generation

We are not accepting any other sites at this time. Sites submitted previously through one of the earlier calls for sites do not need to be submitted again. You only need to tell us if there is a change to the red line boundary or the proposed use, if you wish to withdraw the site, or if you wish to submit further information about the site. Submissions can be made using the interactive form and the period for submitting Call for Sites is between Friday 10^th January and Friday 7^th March 2025.

Further Information is available on the SWLP webpage.