Preferred Options Consultation
The Preferred Options Consultation is the third stage in the process for preparing the new South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP).
On 10th January 2025 we launched our South Warwickshire Local Plan Preferred Options (Regulation 18) consultation. Thank you to all those who have made comments. We can confirm that the consultation ended on 7th March 2025 at 23:59pm and no further submissions will be accepted.
Comments submitted to us before the end of the consultation are being processed and uploaded onto our consultation portal. Following that, we will consider your responses alongside commissioning evidence to support the plan. Your feedback along with the relevant evidence will inform the next detailed stage of the Plan (Regulation 19).
Please visit the South Warwickshire Local Plan website for further information on the Preferred Options stage.
Issues and Options Consultation
This consultation is now closed.
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.
These documents can also be viewed on the South Warwickshire Local Plan website.
About
Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council are working together to prepare a new Local Plan for South Warwickshire. The Plan is expected to replace the strategic policies of the existing Stratford-on-Avon Core Strategy and Warwick Local Plan which both run to 2031. The South Warwickshire Local Plan will set out a long-term spatial strategy for housing, jobs, infrastructure and climate change for both Districts.
Both Councils are continuing to work on their other plans and policy documents. More information on these plans can be found on Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick District Council websites, respectively.
Designated Website
A designated website for the South Warwickshire Local Plan has been created. This website contains all you need to know about the new South Warwickshire Local Plan, please head over and take a look!
Contact Us
If you would like to discuss the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan please contact either of the Council's Planning Policy Teams:
Stratford-on-Avon District Council:
Warwick District Council:
