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South West Rugby

Overview

South West Rugby is an area of land allocated within the Rugby Local Plan for the development of a new neighbourhood.

This will include the provision of:

  • Around 5000 new dwellings, 
  • 35 ha of employment land for storage and distribution purposes,
  • 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school,
  • A convenience store and other retail uses,
  • A doctors’ surgery.

Further detail can be found in policies DS8 and DS9 of the Local Plan which is available at: https://www.rugby.gov.uk/w/local-plan-2011-2031 

The South West Rugby area is shown on the plan below.

South West Rugby boundary

A Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document was produced for South West Rugby to provide additional detail to support the Local Plan allocation. This was updated in 2024 to reflect increased infrastructure costs.
This can be viewed at: https://www.rugby.gov.uk/w/south-west-rugby 

An indicative masterplan was produced for the area as below.
 

South West Rugby indicative masterplan
 

A Design Code is being produced to provide detail regarding the required design throughout South West Rugby, this was subject to public consultation and is due to be adopted in 2025.

A consortium of developers and Homes England are involved in the development of the South West Rugby. They have their own website regarding the development.
 

Planning applications

A range of applications have been submitted for the South West Rugby area. These can be viewed at: https://planning.agileapplications.co.uk/rugby/search-applications/ by searching the relevant application number. 

Submitted applications include:

Determined

R13/2102: Land at Ashlawn Road - Outline application for the erection of up to 860 dwellings and land for a primary school
R16/2569: Land North of Coventry Road, Coventry Road, Thurlaston - Outline planning application for buildings for Use Class B8 (Warehousing and Distribution), with ancillary Use Class B1(a) (Offices) and land for a fire station (0.4 hectares)
R18/0936: Land South of Coventry Road and Cawston Lane - Outline application for up to 210 dwellings and a two form entry primary school
R20/1026: Units 1 & 2 Land North of Coventry Road, Coventry Road, Thurlaston - Full planning application for the erection of 2 logistics units development
R22/0803: Zone C (Units 3 & 4) Land North of Coventry Road, Coventry Road, Thurlaston - Erection of two buildings within Class B8, approval of reserved matters
R22/0928: Land north of Dunchurch and South of Bilton – Proposed all-traffic single carriageway link road (the Homestead Link Road) R24/0733: Cawston Lane and land to West and East, Cawston Lane, Dunchurch - Demolition of existing buildings, alterations to Cawston Lane, formation of a single carriageway road (the Community Spine Road), formation of a temporary access road to Cherry Tree Farm, construction of footways, cycleways and crossing points and associated works (including landscaping and drainage). 
R23/0397: Western Part Of Zone D (Unit 7) Land North Of Coventry Road, Coventry Road, Thurlaston - Erection of one building within Class B8, approval of reserved matters
R23/0877: Central & Eastern Parts of Zone D (Units 5 & 6) Land North of Coventry Road, Coventry Road, Thurlaston - Erection of two buildings within Class B8, approval of reserved matters

Under consideration

R18/0995: Land adjacent to Cawston Spinney & Brickyard Spinney, South of Coventry Road – Outline application for up to 275 dwellings - Committee resolved to grant permission, awaiting completion of a legal agreement - Committee resolved to approved subject to legal agreement.
R22/0853: Land North Of Station Farm Cottage, London Road, Dunchurch - Outline application for up to 350 dwellings
R24/0733: Cawston Lane and land to West and East, Cawston Lane, Dunchurch - Demolition of existing buildings, alterations to Cawston Lane, formation of a single carriageway road (the Community Spine Road), formation of a temporary access road to Cherry Tree Farm, construction of footways, cycleways and crossing points and associated works (including landscaping and drainage).
R24/0971: Land South of Coventry Road and Cawston Lane - Application for Reserved Matters for up to 210 dwellings and associated works relating to the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping pursuant to outline planning permission R18/0936 (for up to 210 dwellings, a two form entry primary school, and creation of associated vehicular access, pedestrian /cycle and emergency accesses, highway improvements to Cawston Lane, parking, landscaping, drainage features, open space and associated infrastructure).


 

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