Preferred Options 2025

No

Representation ID: 106989

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Bellway Strategic Land-Land off Mallory Road, Bishop's Tachbrook

Agent: Savills

We object to draft Policy Direction 47 as it is not supported by sufficient evidence to designate Special Landscape Areas (SLAs). We also note that further evidence is being produced to inform the landscape character of sites and is expected to be published with the Regulation 19. It is unclear whether new SLAs are being proposed and where these will be located. Therefore, the draft policy is not considered to be justified, as required in NPPF paragraph 36.

No

Representation ID: 106990

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Bellway Strategic Land-Land off Mallory Road, Bishop's Tachbrook

Agent: Savills

We note that further evidence is being produced to inform the landscape character of sites and is expected to be published with the Regulation 19 SWLP. We withhold comment until this evidence has been made available.
The overriding need for housing is recognised in the draft policy direction 48, Warwick District currently only has 4.01 years supply. The policy should be clear that it is not just ‘local need’ but District wide need which would outweigh landscape harm.

Yes

Representation ID: 106991

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Bellway Strategic Land-Land off Mallory Road, Bishop's Tachbrook

Agent: Savills

We support the Spatial Growth Strategy set out in Chapter 4.1 of the Preferred Options document. The site is located within Strategic Growth Location SG10, Bishop’s Tachbrook Group and has been assessed as growth option rather than in isolation.
SG10 is well-located adjacent to the western edge of Bishop’s Tachbrook, south of the largest settlement in Warwick District, and is therefore located in an accessible location in close proximity to existing transport links and facilities / services.

We do not support the major negative score applied for cultural heritage (objective 5). We are aware that there is a Conservation Area and a number of listed buildings within and adjacent to Bishop’s Tachbrook but the SWLP Heritage Settlement Sensitivity Assessment has score the south west of the settlement (including our client’s land which falls within SG10, Site ID 106/150) as ‘green’ in the RAG score. The north west of the settlement scored ‘amber’. We therefore do not consider that the development of SG10 would lead to significant impacts on heritage assets.
Site SG10 also scored ‘major negative’ for natural resources (objective 7) and climate change (objective 1) but most SGLs have been scored the same.
On the SA score for SG10 against education, we do not consider that it has taken into account he recently constructed Oakley School to the north east of Bishops Tachbrook. The IDP (2025) also states that SG10 is one of only 2 SGLs to have a primary school within 800m. Similarly, the SA paragraph 5.13.2 states ‘Out of the 21 residential-led SGLs, 19 lie outside of the recommended 800m sustainable distance to an existing primary school. However, the majority of the Bishop’s Tachbrook SGL and Hockley Heath SGL areas lie within 800m of a primary school, where positive impacts have been identified for these two SGLs on access to primary schools’.
We are supportive of Objective 3 (Biodiversity) which states that SG10 is the best performing SGL for biodiversity.
SG10 is one of the best scoring SGLs for the range of existing employment opportunities within 5km and being within a sustainable distance of a GP surgery and hospital.
In light of the above, proposed SGL SG10 ‘Bishops Tachbrook Group’ is one of the higher performing SGL and it should be allocated wholly or in-part within the SWLP. Bellway’s land (Site ID 106/150) is located within SGL SG10. If the SWLP only allocates part of SG10 then detailed technical work has been undertaken for Bellway’s land to demonstrate that it is deliverable and can be delivered in the short term to meet immediate housing needs as well
as provide wider social, environmental and economic benefits.

Other

Representation ID: 106992

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Bellway Strategic Land-Land off Mallory Road, Bishop's Tachbrook

Agent: Savills

Bellway is promoting Site ID 106 and 150 which were both assessed in Part B of the HELAA.
Site ID 150 (is located within the proposed SGL SG10. Bellway strongly support the proposed allocation of their land.
Site ID 106/150 scored 33.70 overall. Across all sites assessed in Part B, the median score was 45. We note a lower score is considered better and therefore the Site’s score reflects a positive assessment and means the site is much better performing than the majority of sites assessed in the HELAA.
The site is located on the edge of an existing growth settlement which offers a range of services and facilities and is served by public transport which connects the site to other settlements such as Whitnash, Leamington Spa and Warwick. Bishop’s Tachbrook is also one of very few settlements within Warwick District that is not located within the Green Belt or restricted in terms of landscape or ecological designations.
Site ID 106/150 offers the opportunity for much needed housing delivery in the immediate term. From current SWLP evidence that is available, the HELAA has positively assessed the site.
In light of the above, Site ID 106/150 should remain as a proposed residential allocation within the SWLP.

No

Representation ID: 108820

Received: 07/03/2025

Respondent: Bellway Strategic Land-Land off Mallory Road, Bishop's Tachbrook

Agent: Savills

We object to the proposed requirement development sites of over 100 dwellings to deliver 5% self-build and custom-build plots. There is no evidence to justify the requirements for allocating a percentage of plots on sites to provide custom-self build and whether there is a projected need to identify this level of provision. There is also no specific requirement in the PPG (reference 57-025-20210508) to require allocated sites to deliver self and custom build plots. We consider that the LPAs should continue with the approach which provides overall support for self-custom build development but leaves it to the housing market to deliver plots when demands arises or allocate specific sites to deliver self and custom built plots to meet identified need where evidenced.