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Representation ID: 63517

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Gladman Developments

Agent: Stansgate Planning

-Drawing No. 5277/SK001B identifies land to the north of Southam Road, Radford Semele which is suitable and available to provide a 5.9ha of residential development in the immediate future. The site is the most appropriately located to meet the housing needs of the village, in accordance with Policy RDS5, noting particularly that it has been excluded from the Area of Restraint because it is a suitable direction for the growth of the village. The land north of Southam Road, Radford Semele should be allocated for 150 houses in the emerging Local Plan to meet the needs of Policy RDS5. If the housing numbers for the District increase then consideration should be given to allocating the site for a greater number of dwellings.
-The two parcels of land lie to the north of the A435 Southam Road, within the village envelope, and amounts to approximately 8.35 hectares (Parcel 1 = 7 hectares and Parcel 2 = 1.35 hectares).
-There are existing agricultural accesses into both parcels of land from Church Lane.
-There are bus stops along both sides of Southam Road providing half hourly links to Leamington Spa and Southam.
-There is a pelican crossing across the Southam Road just to the east of its junction with Church Lane. Early master planning work has indicated that around 5.9ha of land is available for residential development, with the remaining land enabling a generous provision of formal and informal open space.
-At a density of around 25 dwellings to the hectare the site can accommodate approximately 150 dwellings.
-If ultimately the housing requirement for the District and for the settlement increase the site could satisfactorily accommodate a higher number of dwellings without any adverse impacts.
-The Planning Inspector (1994) recommended removing the site from Area of Restraint and this was accepted by the District Council such that the current Local Plan shows the land with no designation. The site was not promoted for consideration in the 2012 SHLAA so there is no recent assessment. A SHLAA type submission was made at the end of 2012.