Proposal for new industrial estate put forward to go with plans for a new town in Worcestershire
The town, which will be called Wychavon, is expected to provide 5,000 homes and 50 hectares of employment land by 2041
Plans to create a new industrial estate in Worcestershire on a 29-hectare site near the motorway have been submitted to Wychavon District Council.
Near to junction seven of the M5, the development would deliver more than half of the 50 hectares of employment land promised as part of plans for a new town near Worcester which will be called Wychavon.
The town is expected to provide 5,000 homes and the employment land by 2041, and will eventually have some 10,000 homes.
The industrial estate would form part of Woodhall, one of several neighbourhoods that will make up the town being built around Worcestershire Parkway.
Plans are for a “standalone industrial and logistics park”, with them stating “the site presents a valuable opportunity to create local jobs while meeting the increasing demand for industrial and logistics facilities.”
As well as the industrial estate, the Woodhall neighbourhood is proposed to include up to 1,250 homes, a primary school, public open spaces and “local services”.
"Its character will be inspired by its agricultural roots, historic parkland, and a blend of ordered, geometric landscapes that preserve and frame panoramic views of Crookbarrow Hill”, the plans add.
Importance is also placed on connecting each neighbourhood to the new town centre and to Worcestershire Parkway railway station.
The station will eventually form part of a transport hub designed to give future residents “the choice to live a sustainable car-free lifestyle”.
Parkway is among the sites allocated for housing and employment in the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review, a planning blueprint that has this week gone out for public consultation.
Government inspectors have made changes to the plan, including removing Throckmorton as an allocated site, and now residents are being asked to have their say.
The public consultation runs until 17 February.