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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Malvern Hills District Council and Wychavon District Council

Of direct interest to Wychavon District Council is the proposal under the new settlement/rail corridor option titled Potential New Settlements Option E1, Long Marston Airfield.

Concern is expressed regarding the impact of these allocations on the Vale of Evesham in terms of traffic, existing road networks and highway capacity, other infrastructure requirements, the environment generally and the heritage assets in particular in Pebworth village. With respect to the latter point these routes through the village are identified as important and valued visual assets in the Pebworth Neighbourhood Plan (2019). These will all need to be taken account of in a detailed transport assessment of which the South Worcestershire Councils and Worcestershire County Council would need to be involved in.

Given the concerns, strong support would be given to any mitigation approaches that include the provision of high-quality public transport links, preferably rail, to/from Long Marston, with a railway station at Long Marston itself. In addition, the council welcomes the aim to reinstate the railway line from Honeybourne to Stratford as part of the strategic public transport strategy for this plan, including the safeguarding of routes etc. reflecting the position in Policy SWDPR 06 in the SWDPR submission document.