The requirement to provide land for industrial development is set out in the Structure Plan. This states that the Local Plan must make provision for 132 hectares of land for industrial development within Warwick District between 1996 and 2011. This requirement should be met broadly by a combination of 110 hectares of Large Industrial Sites (LIS) and 22 hectares of Small Industrial Sites (SIS).
It should be noted that the targets for SIS and LIS are based upon commitment figures at the time that the Structure
Plan was being prepared (1998). In view of the this, recognised need to meet the needs of
small investors, Structure Plan policy I.3 seeks to make specific provision, wherever possible,
to make specific provision for to meet the needs of small investors.
The tables below identify the sites which are presently available, or have been developed since 1996, which will contribute towards this overall total. All have the benefit of an extant planning permission or are allocations within the previous local plan. Any additional land to meet the Structure Plan requirement will need to be found from allocations identified in policy SSP1.
| Site | Land available |
|---|---|
| Leamington/Whitnash | |
| Tachbrook Park | 24.89 |
| Queensway Business Park | 5.48 |
| Spa Park | 13.5 |
| Warwick | |
| Warwick Technology Park | 7.75 |
| South West Warwick | 23.7 |
| Warwick Gates | 20 |
| Volvo Trucks | 1.96 |
| Rural area | |
| Siskin Drive | 14.39 |
| Stoneleigh Business Park | 1.6 |
| Quarry Park, Old Milverton* | 1.22 |
| Pools Peace Poultry Farm* | 1.87 |
| TOTAL LIS | 116.36 |
* Farm diversification
Within these committed large sites, most have now been mainly if not completely developed. The most significant sites remaining to be built are at South West Warwick and Warwick Gates. These two committed employment areas are shown on the proposals map. The designation at South West Warwick includes both development land, and land identified as a "cordon sanitaire" for the Longbridge sewerage works.
| Site | Land available |
|---|---|
| Leamington/Whitnash | |
| Corner of Queensway/Tachbrook Road | 0.6 |
| Thwaites | 1 |
| Bus depot, Station Approach | 0.6 |
| Blick Road, Heathcote Industrial Estate | 0.3 |
| Warwick | |
| Budbrooke Industrial Estate | 0.76 |
| Montague Road | 0.7 |
| Corunna Road | 0.39 |
| Broxell Close | 0.2 |
| Kenilworth | |
| Farmer Ward Road | 0.2 |
| Rural area | |
| Poplars Farm, Sherbourne | 0.95 |
| Shrewley Farm | 0.85 |
| Ricardo, Radford Semele | 0.46 |
| Squab Hall Farm, nr Whitnash | 0.65 |
| Manor Farm, Old Milverton | 0.26 |
| Lower Heathcote Farm | 0.2 |
| TOTAL SIS | 8.16 |
| TOTAL FLOORSPACE (Table 1 (LIS) + Table 2 (SIS)) | 124.52 |
All of the above are previously developed land.
As Table 2 indicates, there remains a residual requirement of approximately 11.5 7.5 hectares
to be allocated in the Local Plan. Sites are allocated to meet this requirement in policy SSP1.
In reading the totals for both Large Industrial Sites and Small Industrial Sites it should be recognised that some of the larger sites identified as LIS in Table 1 contain smaller plots that qualify as SIS and may help to meet the needs of smaller firms. The Structure Plan defines SIS as sites of less than 1 hectare that are suitable for smaller firms. Areas such as Tachbrook Park and Stoneleigh Business Park contain units and plots of less than this size.
The Council will continue to annually monitor its progress towards achieving the overall employment requirement.
The Structure Plan also requires that the provision of new industrial land should maximise the use of previously
developed land and buildings. An indicative target of 10% (13.2 hectares) was set for Warwick District. It is clear
from the above evidence that at 31st March 2004 2003, approximately 26 31.8
hectares of the supply are on previously developed land and buildings. This is 20% 25.5% of the
total figure and exceeds the indicative figure in the Structure Plan. Furthermore, of the allocations in policy SSP1, 10.9 12 hectares is on previously developed land
bringing the total to 37.6 42.7. This is 28.5% 31.5% of the total
figure.