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Renewable energy should not usurp agricultural land for food production
Bearley Parish Council’s additional comments refer to “The Sustainability Appraisal of the South Warwickshire Local Plan - Regulation 18: Issues and Options Stage - Volume 1 of 3: Non-Technical Summary”. In paragraphs N58 and N59 “Broad Locations” and Small Settlement Locations are identified towards meeting housing provision. Paragraphs N59 and N61 identify Bearley as a Small Settlement Location accommodate between 50 and 500 units at a dwelling per hectare scale of 35dph. Paragraphs E11 and E12 of Sustainability Appraisal of the South Warwickshire Local Plan identifies Bearley to be capable of delivering between 50 and 500 new dwellings and significant areas of greenspace to facilitate effective green infrastructure planning. Evaluation of Small Settlement Locations characterises Bearley settlement as follows: 1. Para 5.5.4 “situated immediately adjacently to a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest”; 2. Para 5.5.10 lists Bearley to be among a. “Small settlement locations that are adjacent to a SSSI”; b. “Small settlement locations which coincide with Priority Habitats”; c. “Small settlement locations which coincide with Priority Habitats”; 3. Para 5.6.5 lists Bearley among “Small Settlement Locations that coincide with, are adjacent to or are in proximity to a Special Landscape Area”; 4. Para 5.7.4 identifies Bearley among “Small settlement locations that coincide with/are adjacent to a Conservation Area”; 5. Para 5.8.3 identifies Bearley as “Small settlement locations in proximity to a railway line”; 6. Para 5.9 confirms Bearley like all other small settlement locations, with the exception of South Coventry, coincide with a Mineral Safeguarding Area (MSA). 7. Para 5.11.12 states “The total number of houses to be built at each potential location is currently unknown but for the purposes of this assessment taken to be approximately 50-500 houses per location. On this basis it can be concluded that all locations have the potential to have a significant positive impact upon housing delivery.” 8. Para 5.12.7 states “All small settlement locations, with the exception of Bearley and Hatton Station, lie within the target distance for greenspace.” 9. Para 5.13.4 lists Bearley among small settlement locations were shown to have poor connectivity. 10. Para 5.14.4 lists Bearley among small settlement locations within the target distance to further education. The facts and details pertaining to characteristics of Bearley in items1 to 10 above with the exception of an assumption made in item 7 are given in Bearley Neighbourhood Development Plan 2011-2031 made in October 2021. Appendix C2 Bearley FigureC.2.1 on page 755 appears to have excluded the Bearley Mill brownfield site as pert the BUAB in Fig 8 of the Bearley Neighbourhood Development Plan 2011-2031 made in October 2021. Furthermore, it also appears to have excluded the Heart of England woodland planted adjacent to Ash Lane both in Figure C.2.1 and SA Objective 3: Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna and Geodiversity assessment. On page 759 under SA Objective 9: Housing it is difficult to see the justification for the assumption of delivery of a maximum of 500 dwellings given the facts relating to Bearley included in the document and impact of 500 dwellings upon the existing 300 as well as its meagre infrastructure and connectivity. We hope the realities on the ground will be fully reflected at subsequent phases of this plan. Figure 12 on page 1120 refers to Existing Rail Lines and lists Line A as from Bearley to Earlswood. The line A referred to is from Stratford to Earlswood and does not come anywhere within the boundaries of Bearley.
