Following community consultation during the summer of 2025, Taylor Wimpey has now submitted an outline planning application for a new neighbourhood off Hanson Avenue to the south of Shipston-on-Stour.

The outline vision for the new neighbourhood includes:

• Up to 110 high-quality family homes in a range of sizes and styles.
• Around 35% will be affordable homes including shared ownership homes that would appeal to first time buyers.
• 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, community garden/orchard, and a network of new walking routes.
• A development shaped by existing field patterns, with the retention of existing trees and the majority of hedgerows bolstered by extensive new planting to significantly increase tree cover across the site.
• Potential investment to support local infrastructure informed by feedback from bodies such as the local NHS and education teams.

Site location plan - click to enlarge

Update January 2026 – Outline planning application submitted

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

The outline plans include:

• Up to 110 energy-efficient new homes
• Around 35% of the new homes will be affordable, including homes for social rent and shared ownership properties that would appeal to first time buyers
• 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 However, please note that information relating to the pre-application consultation has now been superseded by the submitted plans.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 Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s planning portal here where the Council’s statutory consultation on the submitted plans can also be accessed (please quote reference 25/03144/OUT).

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 Shipston-on-Stour.

This website was created to provide an opportunity for local residents to view and help shape the proposed new development and to provide feedback on local priorities and aspirations for new homes, open spaces and community investment as we prepared our outline plans.

Consultation drop-in exhibition

As well as the online consultation, we also presented the proposals at a consultation drop-in exhibition. This provided 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 were as follows:

Date: Friday 18th July 2025
Venue: Holden Room, Townsend Hall, Sheep Street, Shipston CV36 4AE
Time: 2pm – 6:30pm

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 (Stratford-on-Avon District Council).