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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: IM Properties Development Ltd (IMP)

Asiant : Turley

It is recognised that Draft Policy Direction 13 – Core Opportunity Area will be the focus
for new employment development in South Warwickshire.
However, Figure 10: Core Opportunity Area does not illustrate Stratford 46 as an ‘Existing
Major Investment Site’ despite it being subject to a hybrid planning permission (Ref:
19/01402/OUT) for employment-led mixed-use development, alongside the allocation
and draft allocation (SUA.2) in the Stratford-on-Avon Core Strategy, and Site Allocations
Plan (SAP) respectively.
The focus for employment development should be in the right places. Stratford 46 is
located directly to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon, which, as a town, is sustainably
accessible in terms of labour market supply. Stratford 46 also lies well within the Core
Area Opportunity (as illustrated in orange) in Figure 10, along the A46 which forms part
of the “A46 Trans Midlands Trade Corridor” as described in section 6.2 on page 72 of the
Preferred Option Paper.
Even more so, Stratford 46 lies within Strategic Growth Location ‘SG18’ which has been
identified as a major location for housing and employment growth. There is an
inconsistency between the Strategic Growth Location, the Core Opportunity Area and
sites identified as Major Investment Sites (MIS).
It is recommended that Stratford 46 forms part of the Core Opportunity Area as it is
capable of accommodating businesses wishing to co-locate in the area and take
advantage of the economies of scale, especially those relating to the industrial and
logistics sectors, where residual need is most acute in South Warwickshire.
IM Properties Development Ltd (IMP) has responded separately in relation to Strategic
Growth Location SG18 and Draft Policy Directions 1 and 14 on matters related to need
and its distribution to Stratford 46.