Other

ID sylw: 108671

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Landowner Site 694

Asiant : Bruton Knowles

Notwithstanding that the evidence is out of date, we expect that there will continue to be significant shortfalls across the HMAs, reflective of the significant increases in housing requirements for a number of authorities as a result of the revised Standard Method. Councils must comply with their legal duty to cooperate and assist in meeting unmet needs where possible, and this should be addressed prior to the SWLP reaching the Regulation 19 stage. In considering contributions to unmet needs, it should be recognised that site allocations of varied scales would assist in contributing towards meeting South Warwickshire’s local housing needs and unmet needs.

Yes

ID sylw: 108730

Derbyniwyd: 19/03/2025

Ymatebydd: King Henry VIII Endowed Trust (Warwick)

Asiant : Savills

We support the draft policy direction and consider that if any arising unmet needs are declared by any authority within the Coventry and Warwickshire HMA or Birmingham and Black Country HMA prior to the publication of the Regulation 19 Publication SWLP, then the Councils should allocate land to support meeting these needs. Notably, authorities including Birmingham City Council and Sandwell
Metropolitan Borough Council have already declared unmet needs of 78,4152 and 15,9163 dwellings respectively. The changes to the standard method for housing need calculation will also give rise to increased housing requirements for many of the authorities within these HMAs and therefore there is a potential that the list of authorities who are unable to meet their own housing requirements will grow in the coming months.
It is noted that the combined potential capacity of the Strategic Growth Options and New Settlement options, as set out in the Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal (Appendix B, Table B.1.1 and Appendix C, Table C.1.1), is 156,549 dwellings. This shows that there is significant capacity in the South Warwickshire area to provide additional housing in support of wider sub-regional needs. Given that
Table 3 of the Preferred Options document indicates that a total of 28,257 additional dwellings need to be identified to meet outstanding need in the SWLP plan period, it is therefore considered that there are enough potential housing sites identified in the Preferred Options document to meet South Warwickshire’s housing need, whilst contributing towards the needs of other authorities.

No

ID sylw: 108783

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sir Jeremy Wright MP

The assumption that South Warwickshire must continue absorbing Coventry’s housing overspill is no longer justified. The 2024 revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) significantly lower housing targets for Coventry and Birmingham, while substantially increasing South Warwickshire’s targets. The duty to cooperate should not create an ongoing automatic expectation that rural districts must absorb urban expansion. South Warwickshire’s assessed housing need has increased, and much new housing has already been built or approved. It should not be further burdened with an outdated overspill requirement.

No

ID sylw: 108821

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Strategic Land-Land east of Stratford-on-Avon

Asiant : Savills

The Policy states that the SWLP will be underpinned by housing need and availability evidence base. As stated in our response to Policy Direction 1, the HEDNA is required to be updated to reflect the updated Standard Method and the implications that this may have on the Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area (‘HMA’) and the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA. The majority of authorities within the HMAs are seeing an increase in their minimum housing need.
The NPPF is clear that the housing needs of neighboring authorities should be met over the plan period (paragraphs 11 and 69). In order to be positively prepared (NPPF paragraph 36), the SWLP should make a contribution to the both HMA shortfalls.