Land to the north of Royal Leamington Spa has been identified as a preferred option for future housing growth in the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan. The preferred option, Strategic Growth location SG06, consists of two distinct parcels of land. The parcel to the west of Kenilworth Road is controlled by leading UK homebuilder, Taylor Wimpey.

Alongside the ongoing process of finalising the South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP), Taylor Wimpey has commenced the preparation of outline proposals for a sensitively designed, infrastructure-led new neighbourhood in North Leamington. This will help ensure that delivery of this strategic development can commence at an early stage in the Local Plan period, enabling the council to meet the Government’s housing delivery targets.

An extract from the South Warwickshire Local Plan Preferred Options showing the site (part of the wider SG06 Strategic Growth location) - click to enlarge

Outline vision

Plans are at a very early stage, however informed by the emerging SWLP allocation, Taylor Wimpey’s illustrative masterplan for North Leamington envisages the delivery of:

• Approximately 1,100 high-quality, energy-efficient homes in a range of styles and tenures.
• Up to 50% provided as affordable housing, including shared ownership homes that would appeal to first-time buyers.
• A serviced site for the provision of a new primary school.
• A new foodstore to serve new and existing residents.
• A local centre providing a range of community services.
• A site for future non-residential use, providing potential health, employment or senior living care use.
• Extensive landscaped public open spaces and biodiversity areas, providing access to outdoor recreation for the new and existing community.
• Sports pitches and associated facilities.
• An access strategy prioritising active travel and connectivity with the new Kenilworth to Leamington (K2L) project.

The proposed development is homebuilder-led, with Taylor Wimpey taking the scheme through the entire process from outline planning to delivery, providing consistency and certainty for the wider community.

Community consultation

From a very early stage in the process, we want to ensure that our emerging proposals for North Leamington align as much as possible with the aspirations and priorities of the community in the town and nearby villages.

We have created this website to provide an opportunity for local people to view and help shape our proposals, providing feedback on local priorities for new homes, community facilities, green infrastructure, connectivity and community investment.

Alongside the online consultation, we will also be holding a drop-in information event for those who prefer an in-person format or have limited access to the internet. This will take place as follows and all are welcome:

EIA Scoping request

As part of the process of preparing our proposals for the site, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping request is being submitted to Warwick District Council. This is a request seeking feedback from the Local Planning Authority as to the requirement for and scope of an EIA to accompany a future outline planning application. It is not a planning application, however it is published on the council’s planning portal for information purposes. 

What is an outline planning application?

An outline planning application establishes the broad principles of development, such as access arrangements, illustrative masterplan, number of homes, community facilities, and general extent of development.

If outline planning permission is granted, detailed planning applications called reserved matters applications would then be prepared for each phase of development. These would include further detail such as architecture, materials, detailed layout and landscaping. Both outline planning application and reserved matters are subject to statutory consultation carried out by the Local Planning Authority (Warwick District Council).