Evidence base

About the Planning Policy Evidence Base

The planning policy evidence base supports the preparation of development plans and other policy documents. A number of studies have been produced, in some cases undertaken with or by other authorities and consultants.

Community infrastructure

Social, sport and open space study (2017)

• Cheltenham & Tewkesbury open space assessment report (pdf, 3.1 MB)
• Cheltenham & Tewkesbury playing pitch strategy assessment report (pdf, 2.9 MB)
• Social, sport & open space toolkit (pdf, 722 KB)
• Tewkesbury open space standards paper (pdf, 845 KB)
• Tewkesbury playing pitch strategy & action plan (pdf, 21 MB)

Employment

• Employment land and economic development strategy review, November 2016 (pdf, 2.9 MB)
• Employment land review – final report, August 2008 (pdf, 9.7 MB)

Environment

Landscape assessment

• JCS landscape characterisation assessment and sensitivity analysis (pdf, 9.4 MB)
• Landscape and visual sensitivity study – rural service centres & service villages (pdf, 9.4 MB)
• Landscape sensitivity study – Bishops Cleeve addendum (pdf, 2.4 MB)
• Landscape sensitivity study – Tewkesbury & Ashchurch (pdf, 4.7 MB)
• Winchcombe Town landscape and visual sensitivity study (pdf, 2 MB)
• Assessment of Tewkesbury Borough Plan site allocations on the setting of the Cotswold AONB (pdf, 2.39 MB)

Green belt

• Tewkesbury green belt review (pdf, 21 MB)

Green infrastructure

• Building with Nature Standards Framework (pdf, 95 KB)

Strategic flood risk assessment: level 1

• Strategic flood risk assessment – level 1 executive summary (pdf, 1 MB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – level 1 final report (pdf, 6 MB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – appendix A (pdf, 212 KB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – appendix B (pdf, 159 KB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – appendix C (pdf, 2 MB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – appendix D (pdf, 355 KB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – appendix E (pdf, 52 KB)

Strategic flood risk assessment: level 2 – Halcrow report (October 2011)

• Strategic flood risk assessment – level 2 executive summary (pdf, 247 KB)
• Strategic flood risk assessment – level 2 final report (pdf, 10 MB)

Strategic flood risk assessment: level 2 – Capita Symonds report (October 2012)

• SFRA Level 2 – additional assessments report (pdf, 455 KB)
• Appendix B – Tewkesbury site assessment T2 land at Ashchurch (pdf, 657 KB)
• Appendix B – Tewkesbury site assessment T3 land south of A46 Ashchurch (pdf, 370 KB)
• Appendix D – Modelling reports T2 & T3 land to the south of A46 Ashchurch (pdf, 1.4 MB)
• Appendix D – Modelling reports T2 land at Ashchurch (pdf, 647 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T2 blockage scenario (pdf, 564 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T2 flood extent (pdf, 592 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T2 flood hazard (pdf, 555 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T2 surface water (pdf, 11.8 MB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T3 blockage scenario (pdf, 517 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T3 flood extent (pdf, 538 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T3 flood hazard (pdf, 516 KB)
• Appendix E – Flood hazard maps T3 surface water (pdf, 535 KB)

Tewkesbury Borough Plan preferred options strategic flood risk assessment: level 2 – JBA Consulting report (Nov 2017)

* Geo Mapping must be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to turn on layers
* Please refer to Environment Agency comments alongside SFRA documents

• TBP preferred options SFRA level 2 assessment (pdf, 3.4 MB)
  • Appendix A.1 – Employment site summary tables (pdf, 770 KB)
  • Appendix A.2 – Housing site summary tables (pdf, 1 MB)
  • Appendix B – 2D modelling technical summary (pdf, 340 KB)
  • Appendix B – Site geo mapping (pdf, 6 MB)
  • Double blockage – Bishops Cleeve – site 2 – Malvern View BP (pdf, 1 MB)
  • Double blockage – Glos Airport (pdf, 2 MB)

• TBP preferred options SFRA level 2 assessment – addendum report, August 2018 (pdf, 591 KB)
  • Appendix A – Geo mapping – Winchcombe site 6 update (pdf, 607 KB)
  • Appendix A – Site summary table – Winchcombe site 6 update (pdf, 188 KB)
• TBP SFRA level 2 assessment – addendum report – Bishops Cleeve July 2019 (pdf, 1.47 MB)
  • Appendix A – Site summary table (pdf, 194 KB)
  • Appendix B – Geo mapping (pdf, 478 KB)
• Environment Agency comments to be read alongside SFRA (pdf, 285 KB)
• Pre-submission TBP – Statement on Wastewater Infrastructure (pdf, 5.03 MB) 

Historic environment

• Tewkesbury local plan site options – archaeology baseline data, September 2017 (pdf, 23 MB)
• Heritage Impact Assessment – Tewkesbury Borough Plan Site: Tewkesbury TEW1 (pdf, 1MB)

Housing

Assessment of land availability

To submit a site for consideration, please see the ALA submission form below for more information.

• Submit a site

Assessment of land availability 2018-19

• Assessment of land availability report 2018-19 (pdf, 2.2 MB)
• Appendix A – submitted site proformas (pdf, 8 MB)
• Appendix B – submitted site maps (pdf, 195 MB)
• Appendix C – JCS assessment of land availability proforma (pdf, 260 KB)
• Appendix D – Tewkesbury assessment of land availability proforma (pdf, 256 KB)
• Appendix E – Inform Gloucestershire accessibility score explanation (pdf, 162 KB)
• Maps key for assessment of land availability and brownfield land register (pdf, 65 KB)
• Gypsy traveller and travelling showpeople addendum – appendix B (pdf, 8.7 MB)
• Gypsy traveller and travelling showpeople addendum – main report (pdf, 996 KB)

Brownfield land register

• Brownfield Land Register Submission Form (doc, 126 KB)
• 2021 Brownfield Land Register Report (pdf, 173 KB)
• Tewkesbury brownfield register (csv, 7.5 KB)
• Tewkesbury brownfield register maps (pdf, 6.2KB)

Gypsy, traveller and travelling show people

• Gloucestershire GTAA final report, 2016
• Planning policy for traveller sites, 2015 (pdf, 329 KB)

Housing standards background paper

• TBP housing standards background paper, September 2018 (pdf, 402 KB) 

Joint core strategy settlement audit

• Appendix 2 – access to 10 key services (pdf, 2.2 MB)
• Appendix 3 – access to major employer – public transport (pdf, 2.3 MB)
• Appendix 4 – access to major employer – drive (pdf, 2.3 MB)
• JCS rural area settlement audit, July 2017 (pdf, 776 KB)

Strategic housing market assessment

• Strategic housing market assessment update (pdf, 2.4 MB)

Local Housing Needs Assessment

• Gloucestershire Local Housing Needs Assessment 2020 (pdf, 3.5 MB)

Sites

• Preferred options TBP – employment land background paper, September 2018 (pdf, 26.6 MB)
• Preferred options TBP – housing background paper, September 2018 (pdf, 18.8 MB)
• Tewkesbury Borough plan – approach to rural sites, 2011-2031 (pdf, 9.1 MB)

Sustainability appraisal and habitat assessment

• TBP equality and diversity impact assessment screening report, July 2018 (pdf, 764 KB)
• TBP habitat regulations assessment report, August 2018 (pdf, 1.5 MB)
• TBP sustainability appraisal – main report, August 2018 (pdf, 6.4 MB)
• TBP sustainability appraisal – non technical summary, August 2018 (pdf, 192 KB)