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.
Shrub Hill work is the latest promise to transform Worcester area in much need of a facelift
WORK: (clockwise from top right) artist’s impressions for the latest Shrub Hill work, Isaac Maddox House, an artist’s impression of the Sherriff Street and Elgar House NEW multi-million-pound plans to transform Shrub Hill are the latest in a long line of much-needed regeneration projects for a part of the city in desperate need of a makeover. Worcester City Council revealed its £28 million bid for government money earlier this week and includes a long-awaited overhaul of the city’s Shrub Hill area with the First Bus Depot site in Padmore Street near Worcester Shrub Hill station top of the list for improvements.