Local Plan Consultation

Consultation is now ongoing on the emerging Local Plan for South Warwickshire that is being prepared jointly by Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick District Councils. The Local Plan sets out the strategic vision, objectives and spatial strategy for the South Warwickshire area as well as the planning policies that will determine the future location, scale, type and design of new development up to 2050.

It will, according to the online consultation document, ‘set out the overall strategy for the pattern, scale and design quality of places within South Warwickshire, and make sufficient provision for housing, employment, retail, leisure and other commercial development, along with infrastructure, community facilities, conservation and enhancement of the natural, built and historic environment and planning measures to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.’

A group called SOS! Save Our Shipston! has been set up and is encouraging as many people as possible to take part in the consultation. The group has set out more details, including the five main policies underpinning the plan, and how to respond, on page 8 of the March Forum. The deadline for responses is Friday 7th March.