Issues and Options Consultation

Issues and Options Consultation

The Issues and Options Consultation and accompanying Call for Sites ran from 9 January to 6 March 2023.

Consultation responses have now been published and are available to view within the online consultation portal. Instructions on how to view these representations are available once you click the link at the top of the page.

The Issues and Options Consultation Statement, which includes an overview of the consultation process and presents summaries of the responses is now available to view. Responses to the Issues and Options consultation will be used to inform the next stage in the plan making process, the Preferred Options.

The consultation document contained a number of issues that the South Warwickshire Local Plan seeks to address. These issues were identified using the responses to the 2021 Scoping and Call for Sites consultation (which can be viewed in full in the Scoping and Call for Sites Consultation Statement), and ongoing conversations with key stakeholders. The technical evidence has also been used to help inform the issues and the consultation document. In response to the issues identified, officers have formed various ‘options' to overcome these, and respondents were asked which options they thought were most appropriate.

An erratum to this document has been published dated 6th February 2023.

The contents of the plan has been summarised below.

Meeting South Warwickshire's Sustainable Development Needs

Infrastructure and viability;  green and blue corridors;  intensification;  brownfield land;  existing settlements;  new settlements;  green belt;  distribution of development;  settlement boundaries; 

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Delivering South Warwickshire's Economic Needs

Growing the local economy;  low carbon economy;  diversifying the economy;  rural economy;  business accommodation;  protecting economic assets;  areas of opportunity & major investment;  existing employment sites;  town centres;  tourism; 

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Delivering Homes that meet the needs of all our communities

Number of homes;  type and tenure of homes;  size of homes;  accommodating needs from outside South Warwickshire;  custom and self build housing;  pitches for gypsies, travellers and travelling; 

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A Climate Resilient and Net Zero Carbon South Warwickshire

Large scale renewable energy generation and battery storage;  net zero carbon buildings;  climate responsive development design;  flooding and water management; 

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A Well Designed and Beautiful South Warwickshire

Strategic design principles;  design codes and design guides;  adaptable, diverse and flexible places;  safe and attractive streets and spaces;  protecting and enhancing heritage assets; 

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A Healthy, Safe and Inclusive South Warwickshire

Pollution;  health impact assessments;  built environment design;  public open space for sport and recreation; 

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A Well Connected South Warwickshire

20-minute neighbourhoods;  sustainable transport accessibility;  road travel, employment and freight;  smart cities; 

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A Biodiverse and Environmentally Resilient South Warwickshire

Areas of restraint;  landscape designations;  environmental net gain;  wildbelt;  minerals;  agricultural land;  protecting biodiversity and geodiversity assets; 

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The content of the document can be viewed within our online consultation portal, or by clicking on the sections that you are interested in on the above image. Alternatively, the consultation document is available as a pdf:

• PDF version of Issues and Options consultation document
• Erratum to the document 6/2/23

Call for Sites

Alongside the consultation on the Issues and Options document, a second Call for Sites took place. This process provided landowners with the opportunity to submit land/sites for consideration in the plan-making process. Further details on the Call for Sites, can be found on the Call for Sites webpage.

Sites submitted during the second Call for Sites, are now available to view on the Interactive Map alongside sites submitted through the 1st Call for sites. Please note that these sites are presented for information at this stage and have not yet been assessed as to their suitability for inclusion within the plan nor are they endorsed. All Call for Sites submissions are soon to be assessed against the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) methodology as outlined on our Technical Evidence webpage.

Accompanying Documents

The Issues and Options consultation document has been created alongside a number of pieces of Technical Evidence. Where possible, key findings are summarised in relevant sections of the main consultation document. In addition, the full list of evidence documents is published on our Technical Evidence webpage.

The Technical Evidence accompanying the Issues and Options is as follows:

• Bus Accessibility Mapping
• Climate Change Emissions Assessment
• Climate Change Emissions Assessment - Erratum 6/2/23
• Climate Change Baseline Report
• Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA)
• Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)
• Heritage Assessments
• Housing and Economic Needs Assessment (HEDNA ) - Covering Coventry and Warwickshire
• Settlement Design Analysis
• Sustainability Appraisal (SA)
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) - Part 1
• Urban Capacity Study

In addition to the Technical Evidence, a number of topic papers have been written. These outline the process of creating the Issues and Options document, and provide other contextual information.

• Evolving the Spatial Growth Options – the story so far
• Spatial Growth strategy workshop outcomes
• Guide to existing housing densities in South Warwickshire

Videos

Consultation Events

During the course of the consultation, officers held a number of online and in person events. These provided the opportunity for members of the public and other stakeholders to ask questions on the consultation document and the process of responding. Please see below for details of the events, and a copy of the presentation.

• Presentation used during the Online Consultation Events
• Summary Presentation

Contact Us

If you wish to speak to an officer about the consultation, please contact us at either: