Draft University of Warwick Supplementary Planning Document
Draft Campus Framework Masterplan
Introduction
University of Warwick location
The University of Warwick main campus is situated on the edge of Coventry, partly within the city boundary and partly within Warwick District and the county of Warwickshire.
The University works closely with the three local authorities and engages with local communities to ensure its operations, including new development on campus, are managed to avoid or minimise potential impacts on neighbouring areas and that they contribute positively to the local economy and the environment.
This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) has been prepared by Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council in conjunction with the University of Warwick and Warwickshire County Council to give effect to their local plan policies which guide how the campus should develop. It is a Framework Masterplan setting out a series of capital projects likely to be delivered by 2033 within the context of a longer-term vision to 2050.
It incorporates several campus-wide strategies including a new Transport and Movement Strategy, which provides an agreed methodology for assessing the impact of new development and a Framework Section 106 Agreement with potential mitigations that can be drawn down should the 'monitor and manage' approach require them as projects come forward.
The SPD covers the University's landholdings on the edge of Coventry, including the main campus and its sports fields to the south as far as the line of HS2. This includes the University of Warwick Science Park, which is operated by a separate management company. Not all of this land is active University campus.
The SPD covers a ten-year period to 2033 and reflects the local plan policies in the adopted Coventry Local Plan 2011-2031 and the Warwick District Local Plan 2011-2029. When these plans are reviewed, the SPD may need to be reviewed in the context of any new or updated Local Plans.
It is intended that there will be a public consultation on the draft SPD in late spring/ early summer 2024.
PLAN 1. SPD BOUNDARY
