New primary school and hundreds of homes could be built to the north of Rugby - and there is potential for a new secondary school

An application to build hundreds of homes and a primary school on land to the north east of Rugby has been submitted.

Warwick-based company AC Lloyd submitted a first-phase application for the site on September 21.

The plan would see the building of 475 homes and a two-form primary school at Coton Park East - just south of Junction One of the M6.

There is also potential within the masterplan for Warwickshire County Council to build a secondary school within the 30-hectare development - a much-needed addition to the north of the town.

The new buildings will be sited in a framework of open spaces and include four greenways – Central Park, Newton, Coton Common and Great Central.

The mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes would include affordable housing and it is expected that the primary school would be built near the existing Rugby Free Primary

School off Central Park Drive.

The developer said they will provide areas for ecology and biodiversity - including proposed wetland and meadow planting, as well as create areas for recreation free from traffic, and will link up with the Ashlawn Cutting Nature Reserve on the east of the site which is cared for and maintained by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.

Des Wynne, Managing Director of AC Lloyd Strategic Land, said this was the first phase of a planning application which could lead to a total of 625 houses.

He said: “We excited at the prospect of creating a very attractive new development in this location.

“It is allocated for housing in Rugby Borough Council’s Local Plan which was adopted in 2017 and it is easily accessible to open space at Ashlawn Cutting Nature Reserve – a disused

railway line that ran on the eastern side of the site which is now called the Great Central Walk and is an important local green space.

“We have recently submitted an outline planning application and, if we are successful, that will shortly be followed by a detailed application for the primary infrastructure to construct

the main roads through the site.

“AC Lloyd hopes to start construction in mid-2021, and may seek to partner up with other housing providers to accelerate the delivery of this important site

“A new primary school is proposed to be built adjacent to the site of the current Rugby Free Primary School which would be two forms.

“The potential for a secondary school has been identified in the masterplan – which will be dependent on the requirements of Warwickshire County Council’s education department.

“This is a first phase application and if it was approved and it goes well, there is the opportunity to construct a further 150 homes as a second phase on the site.

So far Rugby Borough Council has consulted five groups: Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service, Works Services Unit Rugby, Warwickshire Police, Cadent Gas Ltd and D. Gregory of Churchover Parish Council.

None of the groups has posted an objection to the plans.

To see the plans in full, visit Rugby Borough Council's Planning Portal online and search for reference number: R20/0787