Proposed Submission Plan 2025 – 2042
The Submission Plan was published on 19 December. Lodge Farm has not been allocated in the new Plan.
Published: 20 December 2025
The proposed Submission Plan will be considered at the RBC Cabinet Meeting on Friday, 6 January 2026. Lodge Farm has not been allocated in the new version of the Plan which is really great news for the thousands of people who campaigned against it as being a ‘reasonable alternative scenario’. The link below takes you to agenda for the meeting. The Plan can be read from page 37 onwards.
The Consultation report which informs the new Submission Plan was also published on 19 December. The link below will take you to the Consultation report – all 469 pages of it! Information about why Lodge Farm has not been allocated (it is now an omission site) is on pages 181 – 183, so an easy read. There is also more detailed information in Appendix 12 pages 453 – 467 which brings together most of the points made by campaigners during the consultation.
Key points about Lodge Farm (Site 73):
Summary of community feedback
- 240 representations were made by individuals referring to this omission site;
- A further 2069 hard-copy letters were received from ‘Stand against Lodge Farm’; and
- 469 hard copy letters from Action for Dunchurch
A total of 2,778 objections. As a community, we/SALFV did incredibly well in getting so many objection letters signed and delivered to RBC and the number sent in by individuals and Action for Dunchurch are very welcome additions. Many points were raised by planning officers against any inclusion of Lodge Farm in the new plan but, most importantly, the following:
Significant impacts on traffic and road safety as well as increased air pollution
Unsustainable, isolated location with lack of potential to promote active travel or reduce use of the private car
Many of the other issues raised in the objection letters are also noted and officer responses given.
RBC Consultation Statement December 2025