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Long Itchington Wood Tunnel Leamington Road Southam

Granted Stratford-on-Avon HS2BW/00032/22 HS2 - Building Works

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference HS2BW/00032/22

Application record

Reference
HS2BW/00032/22
Type
HS2 - Building Works
Status
HS2 Approval with Conditions
Decision
HS2 Approval with Conditions
Received
8 Jul 2022
Validated
8 Jul 2022
Decided
20 Feb 2023
Ward
Long Itchington And Stockton
Parish
Long Itchington

Site history

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

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

  • HS2BIU/00065/26 Awaiting decision

    Long Itchington Wood Tunnel Leamington Road Southam

    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

    Submitted 11 Aug 2026
  • 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

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jul 2022

    Received by Stratford-on-Avon

  2. 20 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: HS2 Approval with Conditions

  3. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

32 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Stratford-on-Avon granted permission on 20 February 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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