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Long Itchington Wood Tunnel Leamington Road Southam

Awaiting decision Stratford-on-Avon HS2BIU/00065/26 HS2 - Bringing into Use

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Request for approval submitted in accordance with paragraph 9(4)(b) of Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (the Act) for approval of a Scheme of Mitigation for Scheduled Work No. 2/147 (the scheduled work) within the Stratford -on- Avon District Council (SDC) area

As published by the council, reference HS2BIU/00065/26

Application record

Reference
HS2BIU/00065/26
Type
HS2 - Bringing into Use
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Southam North & Long Itchington
Parish
Long Itchington

Comment by 22 September 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Stratford-on-Avon through their own planning portal.

Site history

Applications at this address on the Stratford-on-Avon register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • HS2NMC/00058/26 Granted

    Long Itchington Wood Tunnel Leamington Road Southam

    Amendments to HS2BW/00032/22 to change: application boundary to follow the revised alignment of the River Itchen diversion; application boundary to include provision of Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS) along the A452 Leamington Road, together with associated earthworks and boundary fencing; realignment of a section of the Maintenance Access Strip (MAS) beneath the River Itchen Viaduct; amendment to the location of security fencing and boundary fencing; provision of VRS along the Maintenance Access Track and MAS; earthworks to form drainage ditches and associated headwalls; engineering earthworks around the balancing pond and landscape earthworks across the site; and provision of a short section of retaining wall at the corner of the South Portal Structure.

    Decided 2 Jun 2026 Amendments
  • HS2BW/00032/22 Granted

    Long Itchington Wood Tunnel Leamington Road Southam

    Construction of a tunnel portal at the southern end of the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel, a railway cutting, and Auto Transformer Station (ATS) site, portal building site, balancing pond, noise barrier and other associated works to the west of Southam. HS2 Consents ID SAC.PS.10006

    Decided 20 Feb 2023

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2026

    Received by Stratford-on-Avon

  2. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Stratford-on-Avon took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Stratford-on-Avon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Stratford-on-Avon's median decision took 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Stratford-on-Avon's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.