Appendix One: What is the Core Strategy?

A1 The Core Strategy is a very important document which will set the long term vision for how the District's towns, villages and countryside will develop and change over the period to 2026. This vision will be delivered through a strategy for distributing and delivering growth within the District, alongside a number of strategic objectives which will be used to inform the Council's decision making on future planning applications for development. However, it is important to note that the Core Strategy is a strategic document and should not contain detailed policies or site allocations unless the site is central to the delivery of the Core Strategy.

A2 The Council is required by legislation to prepare a Core Strategy, and the nature and content of the Strategy must comply with a number of requirements including:

• Be consistent with National Planning Policy Statements (PPS);
• Conform generally to the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) or the emerging RSS Phase Two Revision - Draft Preferred Option (RSS Phase Two);
• Be coherent with neighbouring Core Strategies, such as the emerging Coventry Core Strategy;
• Align with and help deliver the Warwick District Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS); and,
• Be based on robust and credible evidence.

For more information, go to: www.warwickdc.gov.uk/corestrategy

What is the Programme for the Core Strategy?

A3 There are a number of stages in the preparation of the Core Strategy as shown below.