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Planning
Planning status: Draft Allocation
Planning authority: Worcester City Council
Application details:
The Site in the 2004 Local Plan is allocated for purely employment use. However, the Site benefits from an emerging allocation for a mix of uses, including the delivery of residential accommodation. No modifications are proposed to this policy and we therefore consider that significant weight should be afforded to this allocation in the consideration of the Site’s potential for development, particularly given that the Local Plan period expired in 2011 and the policies are therefore out of date.
The provision of residential accommodation on the Site would contribute to meeting targets for housing delivery in the South Worcestershire region, which are identified to increase within the Proposed Modifications. Similarly, the provision of an element of affordable housing and a mix of dwelling sizes is likely to be sought.
In line with the emerging allocation, an element of the Site may need to be retained for employment use. Given the current low-density scheme. However, with appropriate evidence, the area of the site given over to employment uses could potentially be reduced.
Given the established industrial and office locations elsewhere in Worcester and the fact that the Site has a specialised occupier, we also believe that the alternative employment uses could come forward to reduce impact on residential amenity whilst continuing to provide opportunities for jobs. Any scheme that comes forward for development will need to be supported by market evidence to justify the loss of employment floorspace, deviation from policy and to support any alternative uses.
Any redevelopment scheme would need to be carefully designed to respond to the site’s context and protect the residential amenity of surrounding dwellings. Given the emerging allocation, we consider that the Site would be suitable for residential development.
There may be potential for such dwellings to be provided in a variety of formats, including an element of flatted development. Given the protection afforded to the strip of land separating the Site from Whittington Road as a result of its allocation as ‘Green Network’ within the Local Plan, there is likely to be a need to carefully consider the landscaping and treatment to this frontage of the Site.
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