Detailed plans for 'super village' unveiled

Land between St Peter's and Kempsey on the edge of Worcester is set to be developed

Proposals for a 2,200-home "super village" on the edge of Worcester are back before planners.

Outline permission for the site between St Peter's and Kempsey was granted in 2018, and now the first in a series of applications for the scheme's finer details have been submitted.

The overall development will see 2,204 homes built on land between Bath Road and Norton Road, south of Taylors Lane.

Shops, sports facilities, a hotel, a primary school, allotments and retirement housing also form part of the Hopfields scheme, which is part of the urban extension of Worcester.

The first reserved matters application sets out plans for the new roads that will serve the development, including access from the A4440 and A38 Bath Road.

Also included are plans for a landscape buffer at the southern edge of the 20-hectare site.

Welbeck Strategic Land is behind the development, while homebuilder Vistry Group is set to complete the purchase of the site in October.

Vistry will deliver the residential development and local centre included in the original planning permission, with 14 hectares of land to be delivered by other parties.

The plans say there will be a network of tree-lined streets and 20mph speed limits in the new village centre, with pedestrian and cycle movement prioritised to reduce car use.

The wider site falls within the boundaries of Malvern Hills, Wychavon and Worcester councils – but Malvern Hills has been designated the lead local planning authority.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations.