MAJOR changes to the face of Worcester are proposed for the coming years, with a number of significant planning applications to transform the city centre. With many signs pointing towards the return to some kind of normality soon and with the journey on the government’s roadmap out of lockdown seemingly running smoothly, attention now turns to how the city rebuilds from an extremely difficult year and what the future will look like for Worcester. Regeneration and redevelopment, in its many guises, has always been high on the agenda and hot on the lips of many even before the pandemic struck, with huge developments and grand ideas and multi-million-pound promises coming and going.
Middle Battenhall Farm land saved for new country park as part of 500 home plan in Worcester
HOMES: The new plan (inset) with the country park at Middle Battenhall Farm highlighted in green and the development site for up to 500 homes in blue HISTORIC green space will be saved and turned into a country park as part of plans to build 500 homes in a victory for campaigners. Huge new plans for Middle Battenhall Farm in Worcester show the land being turned into a 77-acre country park next to 500 homes. Campaigners Middle Battenhall Farm Land Action Group (MBFLAG) have fought tough battles with developers and the council for a number of years to protect the space but has “compromised” with landowners on a plan that would see homes built but also the historic land safeguarded.