Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick District Councils are working together to produce a new South Warwickshire Local Plan to cover their combined geographic area.  This new local plan will set planning policies about where and how new jobs, homes and infrastructure are all delivered in the context of place-shaping and addressing climate change.  They have just opened a Public Consultation on how they should plan for the future of South Warwickshire up to 2050.  They are still at the early stages of the process (stage 2 of 8) and further Public Consultations will follow.  The Consultation sets out a number of ideas and asks a series of questions and they want your views on the issues they raise and the options they propose as possible solutions.  The Consultation document and supporting evidence is available online:  www.southwarwickshire.org.uk/swlp/issues-and-options and it can also be viewed at Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick District Council’s respective offices and main libraries across the district.

Alongside the Issues and Options Consultation, they are running a second ‘Call for Sites’ exercise providing a further opportunity for landowners to submit sites for a variety of uses that can be assessed and considered through the plan making process.  Therefore, if you have land that is in the Stratford-on-Avon or Warwick district which you believe may have development potential, then please contact Chris Templar on 01789 722677 or chris.templar@bletsoes.co.uk who will appraise your site and consider whether it is appropriate to submit a Call for Sites Proforma.  The Consultation runs until 6^th March 2023.

NB. Land/sites which were submitted in the first Call for Sites exercise in 2021, should not be submitted again unless there are changes to the boundary or the proposed use.