We were commissioned by CEG and the Bird Group to promote a 3,000 dwelling new settlement in Stratford-on-Avon District. Following the successful allocation of the site in the emerging Core Strategy, an outline planning application for 2,000 dwellings was subsequently prepared at the local level.

We identified the opportunity for a new settlement as a way of assisting Stratford-on-Avon District Council in its housing delivery strategy. Prior to this, the council had not considered a new settlement as a viable option to address their housing needs.

As a result, we led the promotion of a 3,000 dwelling scheme through a visionary approach that looked to integrate a major employment hub, incorporating employers such as Aston Martin and Jaguar Land Rover, into a new ‘Garden Village’ Community. Through engagement with senior officers and politicians at the council, the emerging vision for the site was accepted, and the site was allocated in the council’s draft Core Strategy, which was subsequently adopted.

We jointly prepared a Supplementary Planning Document with the district and county councils and a wider team of additional stakeholders.

We successfully secured the allocation of a 3,000 dwelling new settlement in the Core Strategy. We coordinated and prepared an outline planning application and associated EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) for the first 2,000 home phase, the majority of the allocation, which received planning permission at the local level.