Hill & Moor PC to hold a Parish Open-Forum on the plan to build a new town on the old Throckmorton airfield on Thursday 3rd November 2022 at Lower Moor Village Hall from 7pm to 7.30pm
Hill & Moor PC to hold a Parish Open-Forum on the plan to build a new town on the old Throckmorton airfield on Thursday 3rd November 2022 at Lower Moor Village Hall from 7pm to 7.30pm immediately before Hill and Moor Parish Council meeting which will commence at 7.30pm.
OVERVIEW.
The plan to build a new town on the old Throckmorton airfield.
- The first stage is 2000 new houses at Throckmorton staring in 8 years’ time.
- The second stage, which will come later, will be to increase that to 5000 houses.
- It means there will be a new town, along with associated industry, that is at least the size of Pershore, around 1 – 2 miles away from Lower Moor.
- This new town is expected to use the existing road and rail infrastructure
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE SWDP PROPOSE?
• The SWDP envisages that the “further growth post 2041” will be a further 3,000 houses.
• The new town will be accessed via the A44 but not onto the existing roundabouts but by creating a T junction 50m away from an existing roundabout
• The proposal assumes that improved bus, cycle and pedestrian routes will connect the Throckmorton development to Pershore railway station.
• There is an assumption that the proximity between the development and Pershore station will mean personal car use will not hugely increase.
• The proposal accepts that there are some problems with the airfield site itself, being a “brownfield” site which has been used variously for military purposes and as a foot-and-mouth burial site.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?
The Hill and Moor Parish Council, along with a number of nearby Parishes, are attempting to stop this. We want to preserve our beautiful countryside, keep our roads and rail system from being stretched to breaking point, and prevent a large influx of people coming to an area which simply cannot support them.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?
- For anyone who is prepared to, you can:
- write a response to the consultation;
- send a pre-prepared letter in response to the consultation.
- The more that we can show local people are against SWDP, the stronger our hand will be. Going forward, we plan to hold additional meetings to help direct people in the most effective ways.
- There is a 6-week opportunity for you to comment. The consultation dates are: 1/11/22 to 13/12/22.
Comments can be submitted via email: contact@swdevelopmentplan.org or post The Civic Centre, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1PT.