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.

A shared policy evidence base can be found on the joint core strategy website. Below are reports, plans and studies unique to Tewkesbury borough council.

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.

• ALA submission form (doc, 120 KB)

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

• 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)