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ID sylw: 108748

Derbyniwyd: 19/03/2025

Ymatebydd: King Henry VIII Endowed Trust (Warwick)

Asiant : Savills

We support Draft Policy Direction 31 and consider that allocating land at Budbrooke Lodge Farm (part of the SG08 Strategic Growth Option) could help to meet the aims of this policy direction.
We support the aspiration within the policy direction to prioritise access to public transport, walking and cycling routes and consider that land at Budbrooke Lodge Farm can deliver these via the enhancement of the existing Public Right of Way network which links to Warwick Racecourse to the east, beyond which lies Warwick town centre. This will provide excellent access to existing shops and other facilities / amenities in Warwick via active travel, as well as access to Warwick railway station. There is also the potential for a pedestrian connection to be facilitated to Budbrooke Industrial Estate to the north, enabling a connection to employment opportunities in the vicinity of the site.
Finally, there is a further potential to provide a pedestrian/cycle connection to the BP / M&S / Starbucks service station on the A46 to the west of the site. A summary of the distance (taken from the proposed site access on Hampton Road) to key services and facilities via existing footways is provided below:
Service / Facility Distance
Warwick High Street 1.6km (22 minute walk)
Local shopping centre (Warwick District Local Plan) 0.8km (11 minute walk)
Warwick railway station 2.8km (39 minute walk)
Warwick Parkway railway station Potential connection via SG08
Budbrooke Industrial Estate Potential connection via SG08
A46 services (BP/ M&S / Starbucks) Potential connection via SG08
Bus stop (Hampton Road) 0.5km (6 minute walk)
Doctors surgery 1km (13 minute walk)
Community Centre 1km (13 minute walk)
Primary School 1km (14 minute walk)
Secondary School 1km (14 minute walk)
Post office 1.9km (27 minute walk)
With regards to vehicular access, SLR have prepared a Transport Technical Note (Appendix 2) setting out how vehicular access to the site can be accessed via Hampton Road A4189 to the south of the site.
This demonstrates that either a ghost island right turn or a four-arm roundabout (or a combination of the two) could be used to serve the site, with a single access able to serve up to 650 dwellings and the dual access option able to service up to 1,700 dwellings. However, it is recognised that due to additional technical constraints (such as flood risk) which are not considered in SLR’s highways report, that 1,700 dwellings cannot be delivered at this location. SLR’s report also provides multiple potential emergency access options, including via Hampton Road. It is anticipated that the proposed access point(s) will also deliver pedestrian and cycle access, further contributing to the overall accessibility of the site.