PROJECT SUMMARY
Our vision for Stratford46 Business Park is to deliver a high-quality business park, with a mix of industrial, logistics, R&D, and retail occupiers, which will ultimately support approximately 1,500 jobs across the site.
The 65-acre site has been allocated in Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s Adopted Local Plan for employment development, and our original hybrid planning application for the scheme was approved in 2019. Full details of the planning permission can be accessed from the planning pages of the District Council here (application reference 19/01402/OUT).
In summary, our project is about:
- Providing space for local companies including opportunities for those relocating from Stratford's Canal Quarter Regeneration area
- Supporting approximately 1,500 jobs including new employment across the site, with a mix of industrial, logistics, R&D, and retail occupiers
- Creating space for a mix of employment and commercial uses including industrial, logistics, R&D and retail to attract new high-quality businesses to support Stratford's long-term growth
- Delivering a sensitive and carefully planned development with well-designed buildings set within a coherent and comprehensive landscaping scheme that supports biodiversity
- Developing a proposed nature reserve site as part of the overall scheme on 17-acres of adjoining land
- Delivering a sustainable transport strategy that will improve accessibility to the site.
Planning updates
Submission of Section 73 planning application - May 2026
On 19 May 2026, IM Properties submitted a Section 73 application to Stratford-on-Avon District Council seeking to amend Condition 5 (quantum of development) of the hybrid planning permission for Stratford 46 (reference number 25/02656/VARY). We anticipate that the application will be validated by planning officers in June 2026.
As it stands, Condition 5 sets the maximum limit for the floor areas for each use class which currently includes a considerable allowance for offices and car showrooms. Since the original hybrid planning application was approved in 2019, market conditions and occupier requirements across South Warwickshire have evolved significantly, including continued growth in advanced manufacturing, technology, logistics and industrial sectors alongside demand for modern, flexible employment space. Against this backdrop there remains a regional shortage of deliverable employment land and Stratford46 Business Park therefore remains well positioned to help meet this need.
Our S73 application will seek to modify the permitted floorspace for each use class at Stratford46 Business Park which will necessitate a reduction in the consented space for car showrooms, bulky retail and office space and a marginal increase in the approved space for café or restaurant use. We are also proposing to merge the ‘B class’ for light/general industrial and storage/distribution uses which are currently considered separately by the existing Condition 5. This change will provide greater flexibility across industrial, manufacturing and storage/distribution uses in response to evidence employment land needs and current occupier demand.
The proposed amendments do not alter the overall employment-led nature of Stratford 46 Business Park, nor do they amend the approved development boundary, access arrangement or wider infrastructure strategy.
We remain in regular dialogue with all statutory planning consultees and have undertaken the necessary technical studies to support our S73 planning application. We are committed to delivering the highest feasible standards of design and build quality at this key gateway to Stratford-upon-Avon.
Autumn 2025
As we move towards delivery of on-site infrastructure, we have submitted a series of minor planning amendments to Stratford on Avon DIstrict Council. These are summarised below and cover the business park and nature reserve.
- A S73 application to amend the approved drainage strategy which will change our previous proposals for underground attenuation to drainage into offsite ponds within the adjacent 17 hectare nature reserve.
- A S96a non material amendment to amend the site layout of our proposed nature reserve to increase the approved pond sizes so they can be utilised as sustainable drainage to capture and manage surface water arising from Stratford 46 Business Park.
- We are seeking an amendment to conditions 4 and 5 which cover the nature reserve and will reflect changes to our proposed drainage strategy and habitat management.
- We will also be submitting a final S96a planning application to allow various minor amendments to our proposed infrastructure on site.