Issue and Options 2023

Q-E3: Please select all options which are appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Consider all Options E3a to E3C can and may be appropriate, but Option E3d is not appropriate as employment provision and needs should be addressed and quantified. Q-E4.1: Please select the option which is most appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Agree with Option E4.1a. Need to ensure economic viability, diversity and sustainability of rural areas. Q-E4.2: Please select the option which is most appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Agree with Option E4.2a. Need to ensure economic viability, diversity and sustainability of rural areas is supported. Issue E6: Protecting South Warwickshire's economic assets NWBC Response – Agree with Option E6a, a similar approach has been taken in the North Warwickshire Local plan in relation to rural employment assets and identified existing employment estates. Q-E7.2 Please select the option which is most appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Agree with Option E7.2a. Note, however, following comments in relation to Issue E1 and the HEDNA, that identified the need for a proportion of the 709 hectares of strategic B8 employment land (i.e. warehousing and distribution) identified for the wider Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region to be addressed, the subsequent supporting text for the Gaydon M40 J12 Major Investment Area does not address this issue. NWBC would raise concerns with the SWLP reference to Gaydon Area/M40 Junction 12 in relation to the comments the Plan makes (page 89) regarding the location and Logistics/B8 potential opportunity. The Issues and Options document/Plan text states as follows; “This automotive hub is home to the iconic British brands Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin Lagonda. In addition to the economic activities on the Gaydon proving ground, circa 105ha of land has been allocated in the Core Strategy for employment purposes. Through the SWLP, there is an opportunity to capitalise on the existing economic base and grow this area with further automotive-related manufacturing (i.e. Use Class B2). Whilst well-located to the M40, we do not see this location as appropriate for strategic logistic uses (i.e. Use Class B8).” The Gaydon Area / M40 Junction 12 should not be excluded as a potential opportunity for strategic logistic uses. The main motorway junctions have previously been highlighted within regional strategic employment studies as having clear potential and as appropriate locations for strategic logistic uses. The site also has clear cross linkage and economic supply relationships between logistic uses and the adjoining automotive hub manufacturing and development activities at this location. Such uses should not be seen as “mutually exclusive” in policy or locational terms in these strategic locations. It is considered that the Gaydon Area / M40 Junction 12 major investment area could potentially address ‘a proportion of the 709 hectares of strategic B8 employment land (i.e. warehousing and distribution) identified for the wider Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region’ as stated in the Issues and Options document/Plan text. Similarly, other Core Opportunity Area and Major Investment Sites identified the following are also considered relevant suitable and potential areas for addressing a proportion of the 709 hectares of strategic B8 Logistics element employment land (i.e. warehousing and distribution) identified in the HEDNA for the wider Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region (to be added to main comments contained in Appendix 1 to LDF Sub-committee report) including; South of Coventry Area – particularly the area around the airport, supported by the significant transport infrastructure improvements, implemented and ongoing. Wellesbourne Area – potential for some additional strategic logistics uses could be considered and supporting B8 uses (smaller scale) accommodated, in relationship with on-site B2 and research and development activities. Long Marston Area – As noted in the supporting text to Issue E7, The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre’s connection to the national rail network, provides a unique opportunity to act as a catalyst for growth. It is considered this growth potential should include consideration for B8 strategic logistics opportunities given the national rail network link. The opportunity for a more sustainable links with Logistics operators on this site/area at an active rail hub should be considered/referenced. Stoneleigh Area – again the links, potential future improvements to transport infrastructure noted and its location and relationship with south Coventry area, the site should not be precluded/excluded from consideration of its potential to accommodate some of the wider strategic B8 needs identified. Q-E9: NWBC Response – No preference or comment.

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Q-E8.3: NWBC Response – Agree, but aware that current NPPF guidance and permitted development right changes may make this approach difficult to achieve/implement.

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Q-H2-1: What is the best way to significantly increase the supply of affordable housing across South Warwickshire? NWBC Response – Agree with Option H2.2a primarily for Plan consistency but consider potential to include elements of H2-2b referenced within a planning policy. This provides for a consistent approach across the Plan area with the policy able to provide reflection of urban and rural settlement situation or circumstances across the two authorities. No further comment. Q-H3: Please select all options which are appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Agree Options H3b, H3c and/or H3d may be appropriate subject to viability testing, to provide consistent acceptable minimum standards across the Plan area. No further comment. Q-H5: Please select all options which are appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – North Warwickshire Local Plan applies an approach similar to Option H5b to help enable delivery of serviced self-build sites. Options H5a and H5c rely on sites coming forward either through the Call for Sites or similar and may not provide the certainty of site delivery during plan period. Identification or recognition of pdl/brownfield sites (farm prior notices for instance) as self-build/custom build opportunities within a specific policy may also be an opportunity to consider (expected numbers based on past windfall pdl sites coming forward). Issue H6: Pitches and Plots for gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople NWBC Response – Recommend Option H6a only as providing best potential to address Gypsy and Traveller needs but focussing on small family group pitch numbers as a preference. Inclusion of small family group pitches on small sites in addition to larger 15 pitch/ strategic site allocations has been indicated by the travelling community as the preferred approach, but sites are in short supply and delivering larger sites of 15 or more pitches in size would provide an element of certainty of delivery. Option H6c, using a criteria based policy, is not considered robust enough approach to address needs and requirements with any certainty. In addition the Plan should clarify or address the need for transit and emergency pitch provision. Showpeople needs (if identified) may be difficult to include within Option H6b in relation to their larger site requirements for equipment etc.

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NWBC Response – Address elderly need within Plan policy either as a specific element/part of housing type and mix for specific strategic sites/allocations (using identified age profile needs for specific settlements or areas, if available) or include as a %percentage requirement within strategic policy for strategic proposals to address, based on ONS/Census data and age profiles/projections for the South Warwickshire Plan area. Alternatively consider specific allocations for Extra Care units and High Dependency units along with their associated health care provision, related to the specialised needs generated by the elderly (either through targeted contributions from development to address those needs or on-site provision as part of the proposal/allocation) as part of the housing need and type to be directly addressed. No further comment