How to comment on the SWLP

This is an extract from the Residents Association’s Regulation 19 representations on the South Warwickshire Local Plan.

The deadline for you to make comments is 8 September. You can write a letter or comment online at https://southwarwickshire.oc2.uk/document/168Remember you have to challenge the draft plan because it is unlawful or unsound not because you don’t […]

Draft Local Plan Out to Consultation

Both Stratford District Council and Warwick District Council have now formally approved the draft South Warwickshire Local Plan and it has gone out to consultation – in planner speak Regulation 19 Consultation.

This process will run for a period of 7 weeks from Tuesday 21 July till midnight on Tuesday 8 September.

Any person […]

Police Apologise for Non-Attendance

Inspector Jake Kibblewhite of Warwickshire Police has written to the Association to apologise for the fact that there was no police presence at our AGM for the first time in over 40 years,

He has offered to attend our next meeting in person.

(Source: Tom Ross)

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It’s Started Already!

If you attended our recent AGM you will have heard dire warnings that Stratford District, and Tanworth in particular, may be about to be snowed under by applications to build new housing on the Green Belt.

The government’s revised National Policy Planning Framework and some recent decisions in the High Court mean that only […]

No Police at Residents AGM

Many thanks to the residents who managed to make it to our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 8 April.

Our MP Manuela Perteghella and District Councillor Lynda Organ attended and answered questions from the 60 strong audience. Unfortunately, our County Councillor James Crocker had to attend another meeting in Henley.

For the first […]

One Council….or Two?

The UK Government is in the process of re-organising local government in England.  It is encouraging the creation of new single-tier authorities to cover large areas of the country and, in most cases, sweeping away the existing County and District Councils. 

The government hopes this will deliver efficiencies and cost savings.

You […]

Green Waste Charges

Stratford District Council has increased the charge for the collection of green waste to £50 from 1 April 2026.

Details of how to purchase a 2026/7 sticker for your Green Bin can be found on the District Council website.

(Source: Stratford District Council)

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Conservation Area Review

Stratford District Council have confirmed that they are currently undertaking a review of the Tanworth Conservation Area.

They have hired consultants Essex Place Services to undertake the work. Residents may have encountered one of their number around the village,

It is not known yet why this work is being undertaken.

(Source: Tom […]

Parking in Tanworth Village Centre

Representations were made recently to Tanworth Parish Council regarding the shocking state of parking in the village centre. Among the suggestions was a Residents Parking Scheme with visitor parking time restricted.

Everyone is agreed that an already difficult situation is made worse when there are events in the School, the Church or the Village […]

Major Development for Portway?

Representatives from Caddick Group and Erdgard Developments have made a presentation to Tanworth Parish Council in advance of an application to build a large industrial site on land to the south east of Junction 3 of the M42.

You may be aware that a proposal to build a larger development over thirty years […]