Yes

ID sylw: 97915

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Jonathan Stafford-scott

Best and most versatile agricultural land should be safeguarded for future food production needs
and is essential to ensure long-term agricultural sustainability. More home grown food should be promoted rather than allowing huge amounts of land to be used for meat production or growing food for animals. Better to switch this land to growing food for humans to reduce the green house emissions directly and indirectly.

No

ID sylw: 98034

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Barnabas Harrison

This Policy Direction is not sufficiently stringent, as SG24 appears to propose to construct infrastructure over an area of agricultural land which is highly productive and versatile. This is particularly applicable in the SG24 area between Stratford Road, Aylesbury Road, Box Trees Road, and Grange Road, where the proposed development site would result in building over multiple highly productive arable fields which have been effectively farmed for decades.

Yes

ID sylw: 98322

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Barry Elkington

Green Belt land which has rich soils for food production should be protected. Hence the value of agricultural land should have a higher rating in the assessment as this has a big economic impact as well as reducing the carbon footprint. (e.g. if we don’t grow our own food locally, we have to import it from abroad). At a national level, South Warwickshire has relatively little high quality land so it would be more appropriate for the harm to be regarded as Significant rather than Moderate. The benefits of building on this do not outweigh the harm.

No

ID sylw: 98327

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Barry Elkington

Green Belt land which has rich soils for food production should be protected. Hence the value of agricultural land should have a higher rating in the assessment as this has a big economic impact as well as reducing the carbon footprint. (e.g. if we don’t grow our own food locally, we have to import it from abroad). At a national level, South Warwickshire has relatively little high quality land so it would be more appropriate for the harm to be regarded as Significant rather than Moderate. The benefits of building on any of this do not outweigh the harm.

Yes

ID sylw: 98506

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Kim James

Support protecting the best and most versatile (BMV) agricultural land to ensure local food security, sustainability, and reduced reliance on imports.
Lower-grade land (Grades 3b, 4, and 5) is more suitable for non-food crops and renewable energy projects. However, strict protection may limit rural housing and infrastructure growth, requiring clear justification for any development on BMV land.
The cumulative loss of farmland should be monitored, with brownfield redevelopment prioritized. We advocate for balanced policies that support sustainable development, rural livelihoods, and environmental resilience, ensuring farmland remains a valuable long-term resource.

Yes

ID sylw: 98583

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Salford Priors Parish Council

Support protecting the best and most versatile (BMV) agricultural land to ensure local food security, sustainability, and reduced reliance on imports. Lower-grade land (Grades 3b, 4, and 5) is more suitable for non-food crops and renewable energy projects. However, strict protection may limit rural housing and infrastructure growth, requiring clear justification for any development on BMV land. The cumulative loss of farmland should be monitored, with brownfield redevelopment prioritised. We advocate for balanced policies that support sustainable development, rural livelihoods, and environmental resilience, ensuring farmland remains a valuable long-term resource.

Other

ID sylw: 98703

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Alice Hibbert

Best and most versatile grade 3 agricultural land should be safeguarded for future food production needs and is essential to ensure long-term agricultural sustainability.

Yes

ID sylw: 98825

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Old Milverton and Blackdown Parish Council

We support these principles. It is important to remember that, where agricultural land exists within green belt land, it may be performing more than one important function. The valuable contribution of agricultural land should not be ignored in the face of nomination as green belt land; both statuses should be considered individually and with regard to their own distinct functions and purposes.

Yes

ID sylw: 99080

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Cotswold District Council

Support

Yes

ID sylw: 99217

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr James Kennedy

Following recent controversies over planning for solar farms this DPD is to be welcomed. Combined with a strong mandate elsewhere in the plan to support rooftop solar PV on all new residential and other buildings this should provide a strong framework to drive forward local renewable energy generation in the most appropriate places. It needs to be combined with (presumably nationally agreed) measurement of the quality of agricultural land.

Yes

ID sylw: 99402

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Tania White

Refid 16 & Refid 562 are fields that are in active agricultural use. The value of agricultural land should play a bigger part in the assessment within the South Warwickshire Local Plan as this has a big economic impact as well as impacting carbon footprint . If we don’t grow our own food locally, we have to import it from abroad. We need to preserve food security.

No

ID sylw: 99642

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Afolabi Okeshola

I don't believe this goes far enough to protect agricultural land and our food security. Poor quality agricultural land could be made better.

There should, at the very least, be some consultation to check if the agricultural land can not be turned into good quality agricultural land before development can proceed.

Yes

ID sylw: 99696

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Gillian Padgham

agree

No

ID sylw: 99881

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Jonathan Rawlings

ALL agricultural should be protected. If lower grade land can produce biomass then it can still produce food if farmed correctly.

Yes

ID sylw: 100096

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Steven Coulsting

I agree that the best and most versatile agricultural land should be protected from development. This is increasingly important in the view of producing more food locally to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions and reduce reliance on other countries for imported food items that can be grown locally. Lower grade agricultural land may be used to cultivate non-food crops such as biomass or host solar farms.

No

ID sylw: 100121

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Welford on Avon Parish Council

Large scale renewable projects such as solar farms ruin the visual amenity of the countrisde and should not be allowed on agricultural land. Agro land should be used for food production/

They are an eyesore and are damaging to the communities that are close by.

Other

ID sylw: 100466

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Rebecca Loades

I agree, but I think there should be more consideration on solar farms on poor-quality agricultural land as solar farms will only make the land worse in the long-term.

Yes

ID sylw: 100481

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Aimee Carter

I wish to particularly emphasise the adherence of this in relation to SG04.
There is a large, connected expanse of land without roads that runs from the rear of the castle all the way through to where SG04 is proposed. The rural area, with minimal road infrastructure the then runs further across towards Leek Wootton / Beausale and Hatton.
This should be given a high priority for protection.

Yes

ID sylw: 100505

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Lorraine Grocott

Good agricultural land should be safeguarded for future food production needs.

Yes

ID sylw: 100553

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Andrew Newbould

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Yes

ID sylw: 100561

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Vanessa Chivers

Developments such as X1 will not follow your agricultural land policy. It should be reviewed to stop both housing and industrial development.

Other

ID sylw: 100601

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Diana Heinrich

Agricultural land of all qualities should be protected at all cost as once gone cañnot be replaced. Poor agricultural land with old pasture supports biodiversity, CO2 observation, and often is associated with rivers or streams so tends to flood.

Other

ID sylw: 100749

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Gladman Developments

Any policy concerning the development of best and most versatile (BMV) agricultural land should be consistent with the requirements of the NPPF which makes clear at footnote 65 that where significant development of agricultural land is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of a higher quality.

Other

ID sylw: 100751

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Beausale, Hasely, Honiley & Wroxall Parish Council

Maybe
This draft policy fails to recognise that land not graded as BMV (3b to 5) can still produce valuable crops to feed our nation.
This statement needs to be stronger in protecting our agricultural land for food production.

No

ID sylw: 100846

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Garry Rollason

The policy should protect all agricultural land as food security is becoming ever more important. The use of any agricultural land for renewable energy developments should not be permitted as there are more sustainable options. Solar panel in supermarket car parks for example - not only would panels produce energy they would provide shade in summer for cars.

No

ID sylw: 100878

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Judy Steele

All agricultural land needs to be retained. It's vital to our food security. Categorisation of 3a and 3b are often fairly arbitrary. We need food as well as energy. Looking back at a second world war scenario dig for victory etc a lot of the land needed would now be covered in solar panels

Yes

ID sylw: 101159

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Rowington Landowner Consortium

Asiant : Knight Frank LLP

The landowner consortium generally supports the approach outlined in Draft Policy Direction 49. The policy direction emphasises the protection of agricultural land, aligning with the NPPF (2024), which underscores the importance of preserving higher quality agricultural land.

The NPPF maintains that when significant development of agricultural land is necessary, areas of poorer quality should be preferred over those of higher quality. This principle is reflected in the Draft Policy Direction, which aims to safeguard the most productive agricultural areas from development pressures.

No

ID sylw: 101231

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Hallam Land Management Limited

Asiant : Mr Jack Barnes

The principle of Draft Chapter 11 is supported, although the current draft policy directions are at this moment vague, and specific issues are raised with Draft Policy Directions as set out above.

No

ID sylw: 101385

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Strategic Land / Ashberry Strategic Land

Asiant : Marrons

The principle of Draft Chapter 11 is supported, although the current draft policy directions are at this moment vague, and specific issues are raised with Draft Policy Directions as set out above.

Other

ID sylw: 101661

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Janet Neale

I believe the policy needs to be strengthened to make it much harder for working farms to be used as development opportunities.
We need to ensure fresh food security and should be supporting greater us of farm land for this purpose rather than seeing it as an easy solution to build housing.