Other Growth Locations

2.8 Other Growth Locations 2.8.1 As set out in Policy DS.2, the SWLP will also support proposals on unallocated sites in accordance with Policy DS.8 and subject to other policies in the SWLP and any relevant Supplementary Plan and Made Neighbourhood Plan. Policy DS.8 Other Growth Locations A. Main Urban Areas Development proposals will be supported in principle within the built-up area boundaries of the following settlements as shown on the Policies Map: • Kenilworth • Royal Leamington Spa and Whitnash • Stratford-upon-Avon • Warwick B. Main Service Centres Small-scale and medium-scale development proposals will be supported in principle within the built-up area boundaries of the following settlements as shown on the Policies Map: • Alcester • Bidford-on-Avon • Henley-in-Arden • Kineton • Shipston-on-Stour • Southam • Studley • Wellesbourne C. Local Service Centres Small-scale development proposals will be supported in principle within the built-up area boundaries of the following settlements as shown on the Policies Map: • Alderminster • Alveston • Baginton • Barford • Bishop’s Itchington • Bishops Tachbrook • Broom • Bubbenhall • Burton Green • Claverdon • Clifford Chambers • Harbury • Hatton Park • Hatton Station • Kingswood • Ladbroke • Leek Wooton • Lighthorne • Lighthorne Heath and Upper Lighthorne • Little Kineton • Oxhill • Pillerton Priors • Priors Marston • Radford Semele • Salford Priors • Snitterfield • Stockton • Tanworth-in-Arden • Temple Herdewycke • Tiddington • Tredington • Cubbington • Ettington • Fenny Compton • Gaydon • Halford • Hampton Lucy • Hampton Magna • Long Itchington • Long Marston • Lower Quinton • Loxley • Meon Vale • Moreton Morrell • Napton-on-the-Hill • Newbold-on-Stour • Northend • Tysoe (Middle & Upper) • Westwood Heath • Welford-on-Avon • Wilmcote D. Rural Service Centres Rural Service Centres are those villages partly or wholly washed over by the Green Belt or Cotswolds National Landscape. Within the built-up area boundaries of the following settlements as shown on the Policies Map, development will be restricted to limited infilling. • Aston Cantlow • Baddesley Clinton • Bearley • Beausale • Brailes • Earlswood • Great Alne • Hampton on the Hill • Haseley Knob • Hatton Green • Ilmington • Lapworth • Long Compton • Mappleborough Green • Norton Lindsey • Offchurch • Shrewley Common • Stoneleigh • Upper Quinton • Weston Under Wetherley • Wood End • Wootton Wawen E. Countryside In accordance with Policy DS.2, in all locations outside of allocated sites, and outside of the Built-Up Area Boundaries in Parts A-D of this policy (including adjacent to but outside of the Built-up Area Boundaries), development proposals will be supported in accordance with Policies DS.9, DS.10, DS.11 and DS.12. DS.8 ~ Development Management Considerations 1. It is expected that promoters of development schemes will engage positively and proactively with the local community prior to the submission of a planning application and use feedback received to inform proposals that are then submitted. 2. The evolution of the proposal should be documented in the accompanying Design and Access Statement and/or Planning Statement. 3. Small-scale and medium-scale sites are as defined by the NPPF. Policy Justification 2.8.2 Whilst the South Warwickshire Local Plan allocates the majority of the expected needs of South Warwickshire within the plan period to 2050, it does rely on a small amount of windfall development. Windfalls refers to development that occurs on sites that have not specifically been identified within the SWLP. Given this, a clear strategy for supporting such windfalls needs to be established. Policy DS.8 does this. No plan can anticipate every development proposal, especially over a 25year plan period, and DS.8 also provides flexibility to deal with such schemes. It also allows for communities to continue to ev