Up to 100 new homes, 50% of which will be affordable housing. Over 50% of the site will be accessible open space, with children’s play areas, community gardens, wildflower planting, sustainable drainage features, and a network of walking and cycling routes.

Warwick District Council is required to bring forward sites for housing to meet its needs, which is calculated based on housing demand and population statistics by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Currently, Warwick must meet an annual target of 1,112 new homes.

To tackle this, councils are required to ensure they have enough land identified and available to build at least five years' worth of new homes (known as a "5-year housing land supply"). Warwick District Council currently falls well short of this requirement, with only 1.96 years' worth of land available (as of December 2025), less than half of what is needed.

50% of the homes will be affordable, in line with Warwick District Council’s local policies and national requirements.

The proposed homes will include a mix, from one-bedroom to four-bedroom properties, catering for a variety of household types and needs.

An outline planning application establishes the principle of development on a site. At this stage, you may not see the full level of design detail you would expect from a finalised scheme. If outline permission is granted, a separate reserved matters submission will follow, including detailed building and layout design, materials, and landscaping, which will all be subject to further public consultation.

The outline planning application is expected to be submitted to Warwick District Council at the end of summer / after this consultation process has closed and comments considered.

The site is currently designated as Green Belt, intended to limit development around settlements unless exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated. Recent updates to national policy have introduced the concept of ‘grey belt’, land that makes a limited contribution to the Green Belt’s core purposes.

In Warwick, there is insufficient brownfield land to meet the annual housing requirement of 1,112 homes. As such, the release of some Green Belt land is necessary to provide much-needed housing, constituting an accepted exceptional circumstance. This position is already reflected locally: the adopted Warwick Plan released the Crest Nicholson site from the Green Belt and safeguarded the Westwood Heath site for future development. Both are now identified as draft allocation COV1 in the emerging South Warwickshire Local Plan, which proposes around 3,940 homes, further demonstrating the recognised need for strategic Green Belt release in this area.

The site is considered to fall within the ‘grey belt’ category, and the proposals will accord with the ‘golden rules’ set out in national policy, alongside other relevant planning considerations, as part of the forthcoming application.

Access into the site will be taken from Cromwell Lane to the west. This will include vehicular access, alongside pedestrian and cycle provision.  

The site sits entirely within Flood Zone 1, the lowest flood risk category, with less than a 0.1% annual probability of flooding. A comprehensive SuDS drainage strategy will manage surface water on site through features such as attenuation basins, swales and permeable paving, discharging at a controlled rate to ensure no increased flood risk on or off site.

Existing trees and hedgerows will be retained wherever possible and are a priority in the masterplan. They will be supplemented by new tree, grassland and wildflower planting in the open space network, supporting biodiversity and providing landscape continuity.

During the planning determination process, the project team will work with local infrastructure providers, including utilities, highways and public services. If requested, the project team will work with providers to determine necessary mitigation to cover the increase in demand.

A Construction Management Plan will be agreed with Warwick District Council prior to any works commencing on site, covering vehicle routing and movements, noise and vibration, dust and air quality, working hours, and site security. This will be secured by planning condition.