New 3,000-home village could be built in Forest of Dean

People can have their say on the plans until 30 March, before a planning application is made (artist's impression)

A new village of up to 3,000 homes could be built in Gloucestershire.

The plans include homes, leisure facilities and employment sites named "Glynchbrook" in Redmarley, Forest of Dean.

The developers, also called Glynchbrook, say a village would "help to meet the forest's housing needs".

People can have their say on the consultation website until 30 March, before a planning application is made to Forest of Dean District Council.

The council has to deliver 7,500 new homes by 2041.

'New gateway to north'

Those behind the plans say the site's location, at the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire, will be "a new gateway to the north".

If approved, the new settlement would comprise a mix of up to 3,000 homes and workspaces to support a range of about 3,000 new jobs, as well as community, education, recreational, health and retail facilities.

"It will support wider existing employment areas, develop, and provide hi-tech support to the three counties' farming communities and link to regional urban centres with strategic transport links," the developers said.

"It will be a high-quality, self-sustaining place and offer lasting value to existing surrounding communities."

They added: "It will leverage its strategic location to support both the established and developing employment areas nearby, whilst generating its own identity as a distinctive new settlement and economically buoyant destination."