The human version (we wrote this, not the council)
This section lists the full set of mixed-use, leisure, community and town centre allocations under Policy DS.6. They include Tachbrook Country Park, 62 hectares safeguarded at the University of Warwick Main Campus, Local Green Spaces at Meon Vale, and town centre sites in Leamington Spa including Chandos Street. In Stratford-upon-Avon, the 2.04 hectare Gateway site is earmarked for a mixed-use scheme including a new World Shakespeare Museum, alongside the Rother Quarter. Other entries cover a new village centre for Studley, and Warwick sites including Myton Community Stadium and St Mary's Lands.
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Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
Tachbrook
Country
Park,
Bishop’s
Tachbrook
BIS.4
Land adjoining the Tach Brook
at Bishop’s Tachbrook
The park will be a multifunctional green infrastructure
asset, designed to:
• Provide a strong ‘green buffer’ between the
northern parts of Bishop’s Tachbrook and the
southern edge of the new development sites off
Harbury Lane. This will include minimising the
visual impact of development and softening the
edge of new housing schemes.
• Promote ecology and habitat diversification in a
landscape that has historically been associated
with modern farming and other uses.
• Potentially play a role in flood alleviation,
particularly considering the close proximity of a
significant number of new houses.
• Provide a functional park facility that is well-
connected to new developments, in terms of
access and walking and cycling infrastructure.
While the park may have a defined character, it is
also part of a wider brook valley / green corridor.
• Provide park facilities of an appropriate scale to
support informal leisure activities for people living
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
within the wider area south of Leamington /
Warwick, who currently have limited access to
nearby natural green space and the wider
countryside.
University
of Warwick
Main
Campus,
South of
Coventry
(Part of)
COV .6
62ha of land at the existing
University of Warwick Main
Campus is safeguarded for
education and research and
development related uses, in
accordance with the
Concept Masterplan.
Future development of this site should be in accordance
with this Concept Masterplan. Proposals not addressed
by the Masterplan will be considered on their merits and
assessed against all other relevant development plan
policies. Proposals will be viewed positively where they
help contribute to the University delivering a world-class
educational campus with the necessary supporting
facilities.
Meon Vale
Local
Green
Spaces
MEO.3 Designation of Local Green
Spaces within Meon Vale.
Chandos
Street,
Leamington
Spa
LEA.8
Focus of a town centre
development proposal to
comprise of appropriate main
town centre uses.
• Proposals are of an appropriate scale and respect
the character and form of the town centre, and
• Any impact of the proposal upon traffic movement
is fully considered and appropriate consideration
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
is given to promote public transport and provide
car parking.
Althorpe
Street,
Leamington
Spa
LEA.9
Site to be safeguarded for town
centre employment uses (Use
Class E(g)).
1.5
Hamilton
Terrace,
Brandon
Parade and
Holly Walk,
Leamington
Spa
LEA.10
Site to be safeguarded for town
centre employment uses (Use
Class E(g)).
5.3
Stratford-
upon-Avon
Gateway,
Stratford-
upon-Avon
986 STR.8
Redevelopment of the site for
a range of appropriate uses
that include:
• World Shakespeare
Museum
2.04
Development of the site should be in accordance
with the Land Use and Urban Form Principles Plan and
the Heights and Massing Plan shown in Section 8.21.
Specific requirements for development of the site
include the following:
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
• visitor attractions and
accommodation
• retail and other
class E commercial uses
• offices and other
business uses
• leisure, community and
educational facilities
• residential
• Provide high quality buildings and public
realm, including enhancements to Windsor Street
• provide for mixed uses, including high-density
residential uses
• Active ground floor uses
• Provide for cultural uses including a new World
Shakespeare Museum
• Integrate blue and green infrastructure, public
art, wayfaring and street furniture within public realm
• Incorporate new permeable and legible pedestrian
(and cycle if appropriate) route from the junction of
Arden Street, Clopton Road and Birmingham Road to
Windsor Street improve the junction of Arden Street,
Clopton Road and Birmingham Road in terms of
highway, pedestrian and cycle flows and the quality of
the public realm
• Consider and mitigate where necessary noise and
light pollution impact on neighbouring properties
• Protect and enhance the character and appearance of
the Conservation Area including significance of
Henley Street, and nearby Listed Buildings
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
• Replace car parking facilities at Windsor Street with
improved public car parking facilities at Arden Street
car park.
• Remove coach/bus station / drop-off facility at
Windsor Street and explore opportunities for coach
drop-off facilities elsewhere
• Ensure that any specific proposals enhance and do
not dilute the vitality of the town centre mitigate flood
risk and surface water drainage as appropriate
through appropriate layout/design ensure that the
provision of residential uses does not undermine the
operation of any existing businessesl.
Rother
Quarter,
Stratford-
upon-Avon
847 STR.9
Retention of existing activities
appropriate and the
redevelopment of specific
parts of the site for a range of
appropriate uses that could
include:
• visitor attractions and
accommodation
2.4
• Protect and enhance the character and appearance of
the Conservation Area
• Retain listed buildings and those of local historic
significance
• Undertake an archaeological assessment for sites
when they come forward to be developed
• Consider the scope to redevelop all or part of the
public car park, in conjunction with Stratford-upon-
Avon Town Council
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
• retail and other
commercial uses
• offices and other business
floorspace
• community facilities
• residential
• Retain existing residential properties in the area
unless fully justified
• Ensure that the provision of residential uses does not
undermine the operation of any existing
businesses, leisure or community premises
Studley
Centre,
Studley
986 STU.4
Public space to act as new
village centre supported by a
mix of uses including offices,
retail, community, health and
residential units and open
space.
1.0
• Retain existing businesses and community uses
• Create a high-quality public realm to act as focal
point for the village
• Retain existing car parking provision
• Consider alternative access to car park
• Provide a pedestrian and cycle routes to connect into
existing routes to improve legibility and connectivity
• Ensure adjacent properties and occupiers are not
unduly affected
• Enhance the overall appearance of the site, including
hard and soft landscaping
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
• Consider relationship and integration of the proposal
with the village hall/library building
Barrack St
and
Northgate
St, Warwick
WAR.13
Site to be safeguarded for town
centre employment uses (Use
Class E(g))
1.5
Myton
Community
Stadium,
Warwick
WAR.2
Community Stadium,
including football stadium for
Leamington Town FC,
relocated athletics facility,
education, a neighbourhood
centre and other uses.
St Mary
Lands,
Warwick
WAR.3
To manage, enhance and
promote the landscape
character of St. Mary's Lands,
including increasing its
biodiversity
To manage, enhance and
promote St. Mary's Lands as a
green space distinctly different
Policy DS.6
Local Growth locations ~ Mixed-use, Leisure, Community and Town Centre
Site CFS
Ref Ref Proposal Size
(ha) Specific Site Requirements
to the more formal parks and
open spaces in Warwick,
ensuring access is maintained
and enhanced to a large area
of more natural open space
within walking distance of the
town centre
To promote St. Mary's Lands as
a visitor destination, where any
such increase in visitor
numbers are compatible with
preserving and protecting the
site's landscape quality,
biodiversity and sense of place
To support the many
organisations that contribute
to the broader community
needs or local economy,
where such support do