Tanworth in Arden Residents and Neighbourhood Watch Association

Stratford District Council is working jointly with Warwick District Council to prepare a new Local Plan for all of South Warwickshire to help meet housing requirements and employment opportunities up to 2050. The existing plan was adopted in 2015.

The new plan will cost an estimated £2.2 million. It will not be immediately affected by the Government’s plans to introduce Unitary Authorities.

A committee of both councils met last December and agreed to begin another public consultation. Comments needed to be made by Friday 7 March.

You can find more details and make your views known on the proposals at:

https://southwarwickshire.oc2.uk/document/148

It is a very long report but, among other things, it suggests 12 locations for possible major new settlements.

Two have been identified that could affect us considerably – one east of Wood End and one south of Tanworth. They are both described as “less suitable” than Long Marston or Lighthorne Heath/Gaydon but they are still being put forward as worth consideration.

In 2015 a Planning Inspector rejected the previous Local Plan because Stratford District tried to disperse housing across sites, some in Green Belt, rather than use Long Marston and Gaydon.

However, the councils are in the process of undertaking a review of Green Belt which is never good news.

If you wish to comment you need to Register and Log in. You can then go through the report responding to each proposal and each site one at a time. You do not need to read the whole report just the parts you think relevant to the future of Tanworth.

(Source: Tom Ross)

Stratford District Council has increased the charge for the collection of green waste to £48 from 1 April 2025.

Details of how to purchase a 2025/6 sticker for your Green Bin can be found on the District Council website.

(Source: Stratford District Council)

Several incidents of break-ins to property and attempted car theft have been reported recently within Tanworth village itself. This is despite the presence of CCTV cameras and alarm systems.

Worryingly, residents were often at home at the time. All residents need to be particularly aware of strangers and unfamiliar vehicles – especially late at night,

Suspicious activity should be reported to 101 but if a crime seems to be underway do not hesitate to ring 999.

(Source: Tom Ross)

As part of the planning process involving the former Cank Farm site there was a requirement to provide a number of affordable houses at a permanent discount.

Following a request from the Association and our ward member Lynda Organ Stratford District Council has now provided details of the legal obligations it has imposed on any future sale of the six houses.

All homes are to be sold at 60% of the open market value in perpetuity.  When an owner wants to put their home on the market, they will be required to submit two valuations to the District Council for approval.

The homes have to be marketed to a household with a local connection for 12 weeks

The District Council will monitor details of the potential purchaser, their local connections and a certificate of eligibility confirming the relevant obligations have been adhered to.

We are assured all of these obligations are in perpetuity.

(Source: District Councillor Lynda Organ)

As expected Summers Poultry has now asked for permission to convert the ‘barn’ on the Poultry Shed site into five terraced dwellings. The relevant number is 23/02772/COUG.

The site is outside the Built Up Boundary of the village.

The government changed the rules in 2014 to encourage more such conversions of barns and agricultural buildings – even in open countryside in Green Belt.

It seems anyone can apply to get recognition that they meet the five criteria set out and, if they do, they can convert existing buildings into up to 5 dwellings.  

On the face of it, the application meets these five criteria.  More research is needed to see if there are any grounds to argue against permission being granted.

(Source: Stratford District Council)