Worcestershire housing plans unveiled
St. Modwen and Persimmon Homes have submitted a planning application for 725 new houses in Worcestershire.
Birmingham-based regeneration specialist St Modwen, alongside housebuilder Persimmon, has submitted plans to Bromsgrove District Council for the first phase of a residential development on the former 52-acre Longbridge East works.
Up to 725 new houses and a community centre could be built on the site.
The first phase of development comprises 229 dwellings including two-, three- and four-bedroom homes and affordable housing.
The application also sets out proposals for a children’s play area and new park, with the opening up of the River Arrow and traffic calming measures for Groveley Lane.
Richard Hickman, planning manager for St. Modwen, said: "The former Longbridge East Works provides an excellent opportunity to deliver a new development which will integrate with the established community at Cofton Hackett through a mix of family homes.
"The Longbridge Area Action Plan identified the Longbridge East site primarily for new housing and feedback gathered at a public consultation event held in May showed that local people were largely supportive of the plans.
"As a direct result to the consultation, we have now also allowed for the provision of a wider range of accommodation for the elderly in the later phases of the development."
