Changes to Residential Design Guide SPD
The Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) was adopted in June 2018 to provide a design framework for anyone involved in providing residential development within Warwick District. It seeks to promote high quality and innovative design, sensitive to and in keeping with the area in which it is located.
Warwick District Council is now undertaking a public consultation on minor changes to the Residential Design Guide SPD and would like your comments. This consultation will run from Wednesday 23 April – Wednesday 11 June 2025.
View the full Residential Design Guide SPD
Responses to this consultation must be received by 23:59 on Wednesday 11 June 2025, and can be submitted in the following ways:
- By using the comment buttons below
- Via email to planningpolicy@warwickdc.gov.uk
- Or by post to Planning Policy Team, Warwick District Council, Town Hall, Parade, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 4AT
Appendix C – The 45 degree guideline – pages 88 and 89 Comment
Joint extensions
Where two or more residents wish to extend their premises together, then this will generally be acceptable, even though both may not comply with the 45˚ guideline when drawn from the other property. The 45˚ guideline will, however, still apply from the dwellings windows of other adjoining premises. A Unilateral Undertaking letter of agreement from both neighbours will usually be required to ensure that the extensions will be constructed together. This will be supplemented by the imposition of a planning condition to that effect.
Neighbouring extensions
Similarly, Where a neighbouring property has an existing extension, occupier has already built an extension or benefits from an existing planning permission to erect an extension that would not comply with the 45˚ guideline, then the 45˚ line will be taken from the nearest window in the front or rear elevation of that extension, rather than the original front or rear elevation of the property.an applicant will normally be allowed to erect an extension to the same depth on the boundary with that neighbour providing no other neighbour is adversely affected
Appendix B – Refuse and recycling storage requirements Comment
Delete this Appendix. Change any references to this Appendix in the remainder of the SPD to refer to the "most up-to-date refuse and recycling storage requirements guidance note published by the Council". Renumber other Appendices accordingly.
