Object

Representation ID: 65978

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Swindells and Star Pubs and Bars Ltd

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

Within Warwick District, HS2 will primarily impact the village of Burton Green,to the south, in the vicinity of the proposed housing allocation at Burrow Hill Nursery. HS2 is likely to impact the deliverability of the Burrow Hill Nursery site and ultimately render the site undeliverable within the Plan Period of 2011-2029.

Notwithstanding the deliverability of the Burrow Hill Nursery site, there is also concern that the Local Plan does not address the potential net loss of dwellings resulting from the construction of HS2.

Given the above issues outlined in respect of Policy DS11 and the deliverability of the Burrow Hill Nursery site, it is our view that the Local Plan is not effective.
In assessing the ability for Land Covered Parcels (LCP) within the Green Belt to accommodate residential development as part of the Evidence Base for the Local Plan, the first version of the Study failed to assess LCP BG_10, which the site at and to the rear of the Peeping Tom Public House sits within.
Given the discrepancy between the Study and Barton Willmore's Green Belt and Landscape and Visual Report, and the lack of a focused consideration of the site at and to the rear of the Peeping Tom Public House, it is our view that emerging Policy DS.11 is not justified as it is not based on proportionate evidence
Following the error an update to the Study was published in April 2014 including an appraisal of LCP BG_10.However the LCP covers a much wider area than just the Site and is predominantly rural in nature, except where it bounds the settlement edge of Burton Green. As such the LCP is considered to be too large to appropriately assess the Site and its location adjacent to the urban edge of Burton Green.