Rachel Reeves MP used her first speech as incoming Chancellor of the Exchequer to cite one of our client projects.
The Chancellor stated that “we will create a new taskforce to accelerate stalled housing sites in our country, beginning with Liverpool Central Docks, Worcester Parkway, Northstowe and Langley Sutton Coldfield.”
We have been working with client Summix on the the project, situated in close proximity to the new Worcestershire Parkway station, 2 miles from Junction 7 of the M5, 5.5 miles south east of Worcester city centre and 4.5 miles from Pershore. Acting as lead promoter, Summix is promoting Worcestershire Parkway as an allocation for residential-led mixed use development and will represent part of a new settlement providing a substantial housing supply over the course of the plan period.
The emerging local plan issued by the Local Planning Authority in November 2019 has included this site and surrounding landholdings as part of the proposed allocation for the new settlement in and around Worcestershire Parkway station. Summix continues to progress detailed technical work in conjunction with local stakeholders to promote Worcestershire Parkway as an allocation via the Local Plan review.
Our role is focussed on the interface with Network Rail, whose main line routes radiate out from Worcestershire Parkway station (with whom one of our team was previously involved as Project Delivery Director), together with a network of at-grade and grade-separate crossings of the lines that will fall within the scope of the various housing developments planned in the area.
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