Following community consultation during the summer of 2025, Taylor Wimpey has now submitted an outline planning application for a new neighbourhood south of Southam Road, Radford Semele.

The outline vision for the new neighbourhood includes:

• Up to 125 high-quality family, energy efficient homes in a range of sizes and styles (reduced from the 140 proposed during consultation).
• Around 40% of the new homes will be affordable, including shared ownership homes for first time buyers.
• Scope to provide accessible homes for local people looking to downsize into a more manageable property.
• A new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing (puffin crossing) of Southam Road in response to local feedback.
• A significant proportion of the site retained as extensive landscaped open space, including biodiversity areas.
• A range of outdoor recreational facilities including children’s play areas, pedestrian connective improvements and a community garden or orchard for food growing.
• A development shaped by existing field patterns, with the retention of existing trees and the majority of hedgerows wherever possible bolstered by extensive new planting to significantly increase tree cover across the site.
• Potential investment to support local infrastructure, informed by feedback from statutory consultees such as the local NHS, local education teams and others.

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Update December 2025 – Outline planning application submitted

Following community consultation during the summer of 2025, Taylor Wimpey has now submitted an outline planning application to Warwick District Council.

The outline plans include:

• Up to 125 energy-efficient new homes (reduced from the 140 proposed during consultation)
• Around 40% of the new homes will be affordable, including homes for social rent and shared ownership properties that would appeal to first time buyers
• A new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing (puffin crossing) on Southam Road
• Extensive new public open spaces, including play areas, a community orchard/garden and areas of biodiversity enhancement

This website will be kept live as plans move forward through the process to provide information and a means for residents to get in touch with any queries. However, please note that information relating to the pre-application consultation has now been superseded by the submitted plans.

The outline planning application is the first formal step in the planning process, setting out broad overarching principles of development and will involve statutory consultation carried out by Warwick District Council with a wide range of organisations. If approved, a further planning application will then be required to establish the finer details of the proposed neighbourhood, including architecture, layout and landscaping.

The planning application documentation is available to view on Warwick District Council’s planning portal here where the Council’s statutory consultation on the submitted plans can also be accessed (please quote reference W/25/1716).

Community consultation

We want to ensure that the emerging proposals align as much as possible with the priorities and aspirations of the local community in Radford Semele.

This website provides an opportunity for local residents to view and help shape the emerging masterplan for the proposed new neighbourhood and to provide feedback on local priorities and aspirations for new homes, open spaces and community investment.

Consultation drop-in exhibition

In addition to this online consultation, we will also be presenting our proposals at a consultation drop-in exhibition. This will provide an opportunity for members of the community, including those who have limited access to the internet, to learn more about our plans, speak to members of the project team and provide feedback.

The details of the consultation exhibition are as follows:

Date: Thursday 17th July 2025
Venue: Baptist Church Hall, Lewis Road, Radford Semele, CV31 1UQ
Time: 2pm – 7pm

What is an outline planning application?

An outline planning application establishes the broad principles of development, such as access arrangements, illustrative concept layout, number of homes and general extent of development.

If outline planning consent is granted, a detailed planning application called a Reserved Matters planning application would be prepared. This would include more detail such as architecture, materials, detailed layout and landscaping, and would be subject to further consultation with the local community before being submitted for determination. Both outline and reserved matters planning applications are subject to statutory consultation carried out by the local planning authority (Warwick District Council).