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Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Worcestershire County Council (WCC)

We support Strategic Objective 1: Providing sustainable levels of growth in the area.

The Preferred Options document identifies 24 potential Strategic Growth Locations, 12 potential New Settlement locations and 9 Major Investment Sites. The sites in closest proximity to the WCC highway and transport network are: - Strategic Growth Locations - SG20 Bidford-on-Avon, SG21 Alcester, SG22 West of Studley and SG23 North of Henley-in-Arden, and to a lesser extent SG17 Shipston-on-Stour. Potential New Settlements - A1 south of Tanworth-in-Arden, A2 east of Wood End, and E1 Long Marston Airfield. Major Investment Sites - MIS.2 LMA and MIS.3 Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre

We note that there are no requirements that need to be met by district Local Plans in Worcestershire.

WCC seeks further engagement with the SWLP team to understand:
• Forecast trip rates, trip generation and trip distribution associated with large new settlements (6,000 – 10,000 dwellings).
• Cumulative impacts of dispersed small-scale developments.
• Potential cross-boundary movements utilising WCC’s transport network.
• Development dependent on WCC’s infrastructure (e.g., to access services in Redditch and Evesham).
• Necessary highway capacity improvements to the WCC transport network.
• Mitigation measures to provide for/support cross-boundary movements.