Technical Evidence

Title

Sustainability Appraisal Report

Non Technical Summary

Appendix A- SA Framework

Appendix B- PPP Review

Appendix C- Consultation Responses

Appendix D- Housing and Employment Options

Appendix E- Site Assessment Methodology and Assumptions

Appendix F- Strategic Growth Locations

Appendix G- New Settlements

Appendix H-Non Strategic Sites

Appendix I- Policies

Appendix J- Mitigation

Appendix K- Selection and Rejection

South Warwickshire Local Plan Main Viability Report

Viability Position Paper

South Warwickshire Local Plan Growth Strategy Topic Paper

Annexe A – Local Growth Locations Site Selection Methodology

Annexe B – Employment Growth Detailed Review

Annexe C - Strategic Site Selection Rationale

This topic paper builds on previous growth topic papers prepared at Preferred Options and Issues & Options, and should be read alongside them. It sets out how the housing and employment requirements for the South Warwickshire Local Plan were derived, the work completed to date in the preparation of the preferred growth strategy ‘Sustainable Travel and Economy', and how this was refined into high-level spatial principles to inform site selection. The Growth Strategy Topic Paper is supported by three annexes:

• Annexe A – Local Growth Locations Site Selection Methodology - explains the methodology and rationale behind the selection for Local Growth Locations also known as non-strategic sites.
• Annexe B – Employment Growth Detailed Review – provides a detailed justification for how the growth strategy has been refined in relation to employment land, reflecting the specific characteristics of employment needs.
• Annexe C - Strategic Site Selection Rationale - considers the justification for the selection and refinements of New Settlements and Strategic Growth Locations on a site-by-site basis.

Regulation 19 Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

• Main Report - DRAFT FOR CONFIRMING
• Non Technical Summary - DRAFT FOR CONFIRMING
• Appendices - DRAFT FOR CONFIRMING

The role of the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) is to promote sustainable development by assessing the extent to which the emerging plan, when judged against reasonable alternatives, will help to achieve relevant environmental, economic and social objectives. Please note that this document is still being finalised and should therefore be treated as a working draft at this stage.

Green Belt Exceptional Circumstances Topic Paper

A topic paper setting out the "exceptional circumstances" which justify making changes to the boundaries of the West Midlands Green Belt in South Warwickshire, in order to deliver a sustainable spatial growth strategy.

South Warwickshire Green Belt Review Stage 1 (updated)

South Warwickshire Green Belt Review Stage 2

South Warwickshire Green Belt Review Stage 1 (October 2024) SUPERSEDED

The aim and purpose of this Green Belt Review is to provide the Councils with an objective, evidence-based and independent assessment of how the parts of the West Midlands Green Belt that fall within South Warwickshire contribute to the five purposes of Green Belt set out in the NPPF, and an assessment of their grey belt potential. This forms an important part of the evidence base, to be considered alongside other pieces of evidence when selecting the most sustainable locations for growth.

Stage 1 assesses the entirety of the Green Belt area in South Warwickshire. Land is divided into “parcels" where the Green Belt boundaries meet settlement edges, and larger “broad areas" of land elsewhere. Stage 1 is the most appropriate to refer to when considering the Green Belt performance of sites which are not specifically covered in Stage 2. Stage 1 has been revised in light of changes in national Green Belt policy, in particular the introduction of the concept “grey belt". It supersedes the previously published Stage 1 (October 2024).

Stage 2 includes three key elements. It assesses individual sites considered for potential allocation in the South Warwickshire Local Plan. It assesses villages included within the Green Belt designation, to determine if there is evidence to support the exclusion of the built-up area from the designation. It makes an assessment of the overall harm to Green Belt if combinations of sites were excluded from the Green Belt. Stage 2 is the most appropriate to refer to when considering the Green Belt performance of sites specifically assessed within.

Strategic Growth and Potential New Settlements – Baseline Reports

New Settlements

A1 & A3, B1, BW, C1, E1

Strategic Growth Locations

SG01, SG02, SG04, SG05 & SG06, SG12, SG13 & SG14, SG15 & SG16, SG18 & SG19, SG20, SG23

Baseline reports have been prepared for strategic growth locations and potential new settlements. This includes sites that are not proposed for allocation in the Regulation 19 Local Plan. These reports helped inform subsequent master planning work.

Strategic Growth and Potential New Settlements – Concept Masterplan Reports

A1 & A3, B1 & SG08, BW, C1, E1, SG01, SG02, SG04, SG05 & SG06, SG09 & SG10, SG12, SG13, SG14, SG15 & SG16, SG18 & SG19, SG20, SG23

Concept Masterplan reports have been prepared for strategic growth locations and potential new settlements. This includes sites that are not proposed for allocation in the Regulation 19 Local Plan. These reports helped inform the capacity of sites and where relevant the concept masterplan has been incorporated in the Local Plan alongside a policy for the relevant site.

South Warwickshire Affordable
Business Study

Iceni Projects were commissioned to undertake an Affordable Business Study to inform the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan. The purpose of the study is to assess the delivery, demand, and policy framework for affordable business space across South Warwickshire. The study examines issues affecting the supply of affordable premises, identifies gaps in provision, and sets out potential policy responses to support business growth and retention.

South Warwickshire Strategic
Housing Market Assessment (SHMA)

The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) provides detailed analysis of the housing needs of South Warwickshire including the need for affordable housing, the different sizes of homes required and the need for specialist housing. It is based on more recent data than that used in the HEDNA and will be used to assist development of housing policies.

Gypsy, Traveller, Travelling Showpeople and Boat Dwellers Accommodation Assessment

This Gypsy, Traveller, Travelling Showpeople and Boat Dwellers Accommodation Assessment will be used to assist policy development and planning decision making and supersedes any previous GTAA‘s produced for Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick District Council.

South Warwickshire Employment Land Study Update (March 2026)

Appendix 1 - Call for Sites Pro-Forma

Appendix 2 - Existing Sites Pro-Forma

This report provides an update to the previous South Warwickshire Employment Land Study 2024. The report draws on updated economic and commercial market dynamics, provides updated employment need figures for the 2021-50 period and compares this to the latest supply position as of April 2025. Recommendations reflect the updated supply-demand balance and draw on the Preferred Options Spatial Growth Strategy.

The South Warwickshire Employment Land Study also has the following appendices available for download:

• Appendix 1 - Call for Sites Pro-Forma
• Appendix 2 - Existing Sites Pro-Forma

Iceni prepared a note entitled ‘South Warwickshire – New Settlements Employment Note' in November 2024 to inform and support development of the South Warwickshire Local Plan. That note was prepared in a context whereby, as it sets out, the preferred spatial option and site-specific allocations had yet to be identified and it was not therefore possible to provide definitive advice on the quantum of employment to be delivered at individual specific locations. The 2026 Note updates the analysis in the 2024 Note and provides some more detailed commentary on a number of the prospective new settlement allocations in the Plan.

The note has been prepared to provide evidence on the trajectory of employment land need and supply within South Warwickshire to inform the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan and decisions on relevant planning applications.

The purpose of this report is to provide advice regarding policies in the forthcoming South Warwickshire Local Plan relating to the prospective allocation of land at Coventry Airport. It is informed by the wider employment land evidence base for the South Warwickshire Local Plan together with specific engagement undertaken in preparing this report.

Homes – Jobs Alignment Paper –South Warwickshire Local Plan (May 2026)

Homes – Jobs Alignment Paper

This Paper has been prepared as an Addendum to the Jobs-Homes Alignment Paper prepared across the Coventry & Warwickshire Sub-Region. It considers the alignment of jobs and homes specifically in the South Warwickshire Local Plan area, adopting a consistent methodology and assumptions to the sub-regional evidence

This Paper has been prepared to consider the alignment of homes and jobs across the Coventry & Warwickshire HMA to inform emerging Local Plans. It builds on the evidence in the Coventry and Warwickshire HEDNA 2023, which was prepared to provide a joint and aligned evidence for housing and employment across the HMA; and considers and captures the implications of the conclusions on industrial development needs (for both strategic and non-strategic sites) arising from the West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study. It thus builds on the HEDNA-WMSESS Alignment Paper which has considered these issues and the Addendum to this, which has been prepared alongside this report.

Addendum - May 2026

December 2025

Appendix B - Infrastructure Delivery Schedule

Appendix C Parish and NDP Infra WDC

Appendix D Parish and NDP Infra SDC

Part 2 of the IDP is supported by an Infrastructure Delivery Schedule, which lists the infrastructure needed to support the South Warwickshire Local Plan. It also provides an update on existing strategies are being delivered by key stakeholders since the publication of the IDP Part 1, setting out what the implications are infrastructure delivery over the plan period. Part 2 should therefore be read alongside Part 1 of the IDP.

The IDP is a live document, which will be reviewed and updated over time as new information becomes available, progress is made on bringing forward development, and strategic priorities change.

The Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) is being prepared alongside the Local Plan to help identify future infrastructure requirements, costs and when and how infrastructure will be delivered. It will also help to coordinate planning and investment in new infrastructure by the two districts and other infrastructure providers and key stakeholders. It will also help provide the context for securing developer contributions (including trigger points for the provision of associated infrastructure). The IDP will also help identify the need for external funding to deliver infrastructure.

This report summarises and reviews the key issues arising from the review of the key representations to the West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study 2024 (WMSESS) together with the associated Coventry & Warwickshire HEDNA-WMSESS Alignment Paper 2024. It provides an addendum to these two studies.

Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

Appendices

This is an assessment of the significant environmental, social and economic effects of the Local Plan. At this Preferred Options stage, the SA has assessed the draft policies, policy directions, Strategic Growth Locations and potential New Settlements against the sustainability objectives that were established at the Scoping stage.

The Main report is accompanied by a series of Appendices that provide detail summary of the assessment of various elements of the Preferred Options document.

The South Warwickshire Local Plan Emerging Spatial Growth Strategy As at the Preferred Options Consultation

Emerging Spatial Growth Strategy Options Map (Size A0)

Emerging Spatial Growth Strategy Options Map (Size A3)

Spatial Growth Strategy Priority Areas Map (Size A0)

Spatial Growth Strategy Priority Areas Map (Size A3)

This topic paper builds upon the Growth Topic Paper prepared for the Issues & Options consultation version of the Local Plan and the feedback from the consultation exercise. It sets out a narrative for how the Spatial Growth Strategy “Sustainable Travel and Economy" was arrived at, how this can be delivered through identifying defined priority areas, and where strategic development may be best located. Finally, at a broad-brush level the paper summarises how settlement (Place) analysis from stakeholder sessions held during 2024 has been considered to date and will be considered in the next stage of plan preparation.

The Emerging Spatial Growth Strategy Options and Spatial Growth Strategy Priority Areas maps can be downloaded as separate documents, or explored on the interactive map.

The New Settlement Assessment (as at Preferred Options) - South Warwickshire Local Plan

This paper will set out the methodology by which potential new settlement locations have been assessed; and the results of this assessment.

South Warwickshire Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) Methodology and Summary of Results as at the Preferred Options consultation

HELAA Part A and Part B results and summary of outcomes

Sub-regional HELAA methodology

SUPERSEDED South Warwickshire HELAA methodology

This paper sets out the methodology for the assessment of sites using the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA). It sets out how the previously published HELAA part A methodology has been implemented, and changes to that methodology; as well as the methodology for HELAA part B.

The results of the HELAA assessment are published in a series of documents:

• Site-by-site results and site outcomes (pdf documents presenting all the information about each site in turn);
• HELAA part A results; HELAA part B results (full results in two Excel files, with information arranged by constraint, and all sites in rows);

• Document - OAR%20v20%20Appendix%20E%20W3.pdf

  HELAA summary of results and site outcomes (an Excel file showing key information for all sites in rows):
  • Whether sifted out in HELAA part A - and not considered further for the SWLP;
  • HELAA part B score for those remaining under consideration for the SWLP;
  • Which sites form part of a Strategic Growth Location;
  • Which sites fall within a potential New Settlement Location.

The sub-regional HELAA methodology presents a standard approach to the assessment of housing and employment sites being applied across Coventry and Warwickshire, within which individual Local Planning Authorities can tailor specific criteria to respond to their local circumstances. A public consultation on the sub-regional HELAA methodology concluded in December 2021. South Warwickshire's HELAA is based upon this sub-regional methodology.

Also published here for reference is the superseded original version of the South Warwickshire HELAA methodology. This version, with amendments, forms the basis of part A of the South Warwickshire HELAA methodology.

The errata updated on 24th January 2025 corrects a mistake in which sites were listed within Strategic Growth Location SG23; and notes the inclusion of an additional site Ref ID 880.

Coventry & Warwickshire HEDNA – WMSESS Alignment Paper

An Alignment Paper has been commissioned by the Coventry and Warwickshire authorities and prepared by Iceni.

This Paper brings together the WMSESS and the C&W HEDNA, addresses the overlaps between them, and provides aligned outputs on employment land needs over a consistent set of timescales. This will assist in deciding on a single employment need figure that the Coventry and Warwickshire authorities (and therefore the South Warwickshire Local Plan) will need to plan for.

New Settlements Note – Employment

SDC and WDC have commissioned Iceni to advise on the suitability of potential New Settlement locations for employment uses This note looks to:

a.) Provide guidance to help inform the potential quantum of employment land provision which might be considered within new settlements, given the potential quantum of housing.

b.) Supplement this with qualitative analysis regarding the suitability and commercial attractiveness of each potential new settlement for employment development, taking into account locational factors such as transport infrastructure and accessibility and labour supply/access to other employment opportunities nearby.

South Warwickshire Employment Land Study

• South Warwickshire Airfields

The South Warwickshire Employment Land Study, undertaken by Iceni Projects Ltd, was commissioned jointly by Warwick District and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils to form part of the employment evidence base for the SWLP.

The study is an important part of the evidence base for the South Warwickshire Local Plan, as it relates specifically to employment need within the South Warwickshire area. The study will be used, alongside other pieces of evidence, to designate the most suitable locations for growth within the SWLP, along with recommended site allocations and policy recommendations regarding employment.

The South Warwickshire Employment Land Study also has the following appendices available for download:

• South Warwickshire Airfields

West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study

The West Midlands Strategic Employment Sites Study (WMSESS) 2024 is a study about strategic employment sites, intended to inform local plan making.

The Study looks towards 2045, identifying a need for strategic sites; updates the position on committed sites; provides recommendations on the overall number and type of sites required (road and rail) and advises on the phasing and broad locations or ‘Opportunity Areas' for new strategic sites to meet demand to inform Local Plan preparation. The study takes a policy off approach to assessing need / supply opportunities in terms of Green Belt but does acknowledge this as a delivery and Plan making constraint.

Housing & Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) – Covering Coventry and Warwickshire

• Executive Summary
• Main Report
• Further Advice on HEDNA

To outline (independently) what the need for housing and economic growth requirements across South Warwickshire are, based on robust evidence. This takes into account a wealth of evidence such as population, household and economic growth projections in order to assess the need for housing and employment up to 2050. The HEDNA has taken account of the data from the census in 2021.

An updated version of the HEDNA correcting arithmetic errors in relation to Strategic B8, and updating paragraphs regarding student housing has subsequently been published.

Further advice on the HEDNA has also now been published 2024.

November 2022

Further advice - February 2024

Retail and Town Centre Uses Study vol. 1

Retail and Town Centre Uses Study vol. 2

Retail and Town Centre Uses Study vol. 3

An assessment that looks at the vitality and viability of town centres, their role within South Warwickshire, the existing supply and future needs, the capacity of the centres to accommodate these need and advice on future approaches. The body of the report can be found in volume 1, and appendices in volume 2 and 3.

January 2024

The Green Belt in South Warwickshire

A topic paper providing an introduction to the purposes of Green Belt, and choosing sustainable locations for growth.

October 2023

Critique of Coventry and Warwickshire Green Belt Review methodology

A critique of the methodology used in the 2015 and 2016 Green Belt Review carried out in the Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region.

September 2023

Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

• Main Report
• Non-technical Study
• Appendices
• Scoping Report

This is an assessment of the significant environmental, social and economic effects of the Local Plan. At this stage, it looks specifically at the emerging options. Sustainability Appraisal work will be ongoing throughout the plan making process.

The Scoping Report represents the first stage of the SA process. It sets the context and objectives, establishes the baseline and decides on the scope of the main SA report.

Urban Capacity Study

This topic paper describes the process by which the spatial growth options evolved between the Scoping and Issues and Options consultations.

NzSPT Carbon Emissions Analysis

Site Analysis Golf Scenario

Site Analysis Non-Strategic Sites

An analysis of the spatial growth scenario, has been completed to assess the potential carbon emissions associated with planned development.

Net Zero Carbon Evidence Base

• Literature Review and Position Statement
• Policy Risk Matrix
• Energy and Cost Modelling
• Carbon Budget Assessment

Literature review and position statement - Report identifying the duties and powers for climate mitigation action in local plans, including precedents of how those duties have been pursued and powers used, with draft recommended ‘Position Statement' on how ‘net zero' could be defined and pursued in the South Warwickshire Local Plan process.

Policy Risk Matrix - Report identifying a range of potential options for local plan policy on carbon reduction in buildings and evaluating the policy options' relative merits across a range of different criteria relevant to the local plan's desired outcomes.

Energy and Cost Modelling - Identifying the energy performance that would be achieved in typical South Warwickshire new buildings under a range of possible policy standards. Identifying the build cost uplifts to meet the standards from the Energy Modelling.

Carbon Budget Assessment - Identifying South Warwickshire's share of the legislated national carbon budgets, and the effect of local policy on whether those will be met.

Renewables and Decentralised Energy Opportunities

This report provides an analysis and recommendations on the applicability of renewable and decentralised energy systems in South Warwickshire, with a focus on wind and solar energy.

Assessment of Carbon Sequestration and Habitat baseline and opportunities

This paper assesses the potential for climate change resilience measures through the form of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). NbS is an umbrella term for interventions that create new climate change resilience assets – features that are designed with nature to restore ecosystems, reverse biodiversity loss, manage water, and tackle the negative effects of climate change.

In this paper NbS have been assessed in the context of carbon sequestration, habitat potential, and the potential for reducing flood risk.

Climate Change Emissions Assessment

Climate Change Emissions Assessment - Erratum 6/2/23

This work will be ongoing throughout the plan-making process. At this stage it undertakes a high-level assessment of the emerging 5 spatial strategy options, and the policy options in the Issues and Options.

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

Assessment to determine the impact of development on climate change.

Heritage Impact Assessments

New Settlements:

A1, B1, C1, E1

Strategic Growth Locations:

SG01, SG02, SG03, SG04, SG05, SG06, SG08, SG09, SG10, SG12, SG13, SG14, SG15, SG16, SG18, SG19, SG20, SG23

Cumulative Assessments

SG09 & SG10, SG13 & SG14, SG15 & SG16, SG18 & SG19

Playing Pitch Strategy

Playing Pitch Strategy Stage B Document

Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Document (Stratford)

Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Document (Warwick)

Playing Pitch Strategy Stage D Document (Stratford)

- Action Plan

Playing Pitch Strategy Stage D Document (Warwick)

- Action Plan

The Playing Pitch Strategy documents provide a detailed assessment of current sports pitch provision, and considers future needs based on projected population growth and housing development. Whilst the work was undertaken at the same time for the purposes of the South Warwickshire Plan, certain documents have been separated enabling each Local Authority to use beyond the South Warwickshire Local Plan

Stage B - The Spreadsheet provided identifies (as far as possible) all of the outdoor sports facilities, and clubs within the Districts for the assessed sports.

Stage C - The Stage C reports assess the current quantity and quality of pitch provision for each sport along with an assessment of ancillary facility quality and details from clubs outlining their views and plans for growth. Stage C also includes an assessment of current demand within the area, and predictions on future demand based on ONS projections.

Stage D - The stage D assessments take information from previous stages and tie together and test against a range of growth scenarios to help determine expected future need, across the areas for each sport.

Stage D Action Plans

SWLP Strategic Transport Assessment (STA) - Housing Number Amendments Traffic Modelling Implications

SWLP Strategic Transport Assessment (STA) - Mode Shift Details

Mode Shift Methodology

SWLP Strategic Transport Assessment (STA) - Mitigation Scheme Details

STA Development Links + P+R Sites + Mitigation Schemes

SWLP Additional Potential Schemes

SWLP STA SGL Sites and Mitigation Schemes Overview

SWLP STA - Kenilworth Area

Testing Results Summary

Revised Development Strategy Assessment

SWLP STA - Warwick & Leamington Area

Testing Results Summary

Revised Development Strategy Assessment

Final "Golf Scenario" Development Strategy Assessment

SWLP STA - Southam

Testing Results Summary

Revised Development Strategy Assessment

SWLP STA - Gaydon

Testing Results Summary

SWLP STA - Stratford-upon-Avon

Testing Results Summary

Revised Development Strategy Assessment - "Golf Scenario"

SWLP STA - Bidford

Testing Results Summary

SWLP Strategic Transport Assessment (STA) - Additional Area Assessments

Additional Area Assessments

Stratford-upon-Avon Longer Term Highway Capacity Study - Option Assessment Report

Main Document and Appendix A (Policy Review)

Appendix B (High-Level Environmental Constraints Map Technical Note)

Appendix C (Route Environmental Constraints Maps)

Appendix D (Highway Constraints Map)

Appendix E (2D CAD Drawings) - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

W3 mid cost option revised alignment for SG18

The OAR considered 35 potential improvement corridors around Stratford-upon-Avon. Of these, 17 were individual corridors and 18 were various combinations of the 17 individual corridors. Each was assessed qualitatively against eight criteria, informed by the principles of DfT's Early Assessment Sifting Tool, such as scale of impact, policy alignment, environmental effects, deliverability, and public acceptability, using a bespoke Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework.

Drawing "W3 mid cost option revised alignment for SG18" supersedes the route shown in Appendix E of the Option Assessment Report.

Stratford-upon-Avon Longer Term Highway Capacity Study

Stratford-upon-Avon Longer Term Highway Capacity Study - Executive Summary

Stratford-upon-Avon Longer Term Highway Capacity Study - Technical Note

This Vision for Long Marston Airfield Garden Village (LMA) sets out an ambitious package of interconnected placemaking and mobility components to foster a thriving local community which is centred around accessibility, liveability and minimising carbon emissions.

It comprises a report which explores a wide range of measures for consideration by key decision makers which can help maximise local amenities, education and employment, encourage local living and offer new mobility services to residents and visitors.

The Vision for Long Marson Airfield (LMA) as presented in the Vision Document, sets out an ambitious package of interconnected placemaking and mobility components to foster a thriving local community which is centred around accessibility, liveability and minimising carbon emissions.

This report provides the technical justification and detail that supports the Vision for LMA and contains an analysis of the realistic trip generation potential for LMA, an optioneering assessment of traditional mass transit options and innovative micromobility solutions, as well as an appraisal of a viable size for a truly self-sustaining settlement. The intention is that the findings presented in this report will allow decision makers to make an informed judgement on how LMA can be delivered in a policy compliant sustainable manner, utilising solutions that may offer alternatives to the Southwestern Relief Road.

This report encompasses:

• An independent review of the LMA transport Vision, comparing how the aspirational Vision compares to established transport principles in terms of trip making and the trip making characteristics of the site;

• An initial sifting exercise resulting in a refined list of transport options for LMA to be taken forward for further assessment utilising the principles of transport analysis guidance;

• A high-level assessment identifying any other sustainable transport or highway options which could be considered as additional or alternative options to minimise the traffic impacts on the existing road network associated with the LMA development; and,

• An assessment of the measures/ options has been undertaken identifying indicative capital costs, feasibility and viability considerations for each option.

To demonstrate the areas of South Warwickshire best served by bus routes to different types of destinations. Conversely to examine ‘gaps' in bus services. This is primarily aimed at examining the ‘Main Bus Route' growth option identified in the Scoping Consultation.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) – Part 2

• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Part 2 Report
• SFRA Level 2 - SGLs/New Settlements Combined Report
• SFRA Level 2 - Non-Strategic Sites Combined Report
• Amber Site Assessment (Appendix D)
• Non-strategic Sites Screening (Appendix E2)
• Strategic Sites Screening (Appendix F)

A Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) Site Assessment is a detailed assessment of all sources of flood risk for specified sites requiring targeted assessments. This includes flood risk from fluvial, surface water, sewer, groundwater, and reservoir sources. To support the emerging new Local Plan, the strategic growth locations, new settlements, and non-strategic sites were assessed.

The output of the Level 2 SFRA includes an assessment of each flood source, planning considerations, and potential mitigation measures for each assessed site. These outputs enable developers to produce appropriate flood risk mitigation actions for each assessed site.

The detailed assessment of the sites will be uploaded along with Regulation 19 consultation documents.

An assessment to determine the potential effects of the Plan on protected habitats.

(Please note, site references (name and number) may differ in this document to those that have bene updated for the Publication version of the SWLP).

Water Cycle Study

Appendix 10 - Water Quality Maps

Appendix 11 - A3 Mapping Pack

A Water Cycle Study is one of several strategic studies used by Local Planning Authorities as part of the evidence base for the South Warwickshire Local Plan. The overall objective of the Water Cycle Study is to understand the environmental and physical demands of the development and identify opportunities for more sustainable planning and improvements that may be required so that proposals don't exceed the existing water cycle capacity.

This is assessed by considering the following issues:

• Water resources and water supply
• Water supply infrastructure
• Wastewater collection and treatment
• Water quality and the environment
• Environmental opportunities and constraints

The Water Cycle Study and its appendices are available as separate files to download.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) – Part 1

Stratford-on-Avon District SFRA

• Final Report
• Appendix A - Geo PDF Key Map
• Appendix A - Geo PDF downloads
• Appendix B - Data Sources
• Appendix C - User Guide
• Appendix D - Flood Alert & Flood Warnings
• Appendix E - Flood Risk Summary
• Appendix F - Cumulative Impact Assessment

Warwick District SFRA

• Final Report
• Appendix A - Geo PDF Key Map
• Appendix A - Geo PDF downloads
• Appendix B- Data Sources
• Appendix C - User Guide
• Appendix D Flood Alert & Flood Warnings
• Appendix E - Flood Risk Summary
• Appendix F - Cumulative Impact Assessment

Housing, Employment and Town Centres

Affordable Housing

An assessment to look at the air quality impacts of the proposals in the Plan on Air Quality Management Areas in South Warwickshire