Councillors in South Worcestershire are set to consider plans next month that could see the delivery of 11,000 new homes.
The review of the existing South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) sets out Worcester City, Malvern Hills District and Wychavon District Councils' vision for the area up to 2041.
The updated document includes an extra 11,000 new homes on top of the 28,400 already planned for up to 2030 in the current SWDP.
As well as housing, the new plan provides 290 hectares of new employment land to support business growth, strengthened protections to prevent development on the Green Belt and 179 hectares of new open green space.
Worcester City's Place and Economic Development Committee will be the first to consider the plan and the consultation process at a meeting on 3 October. The document will need to be approved by all three councils at meetings in Worcester City on 17 October, Malvern Hills District Council on 18 October and Wychavon on 19 October.
Cllr David Harrison, chairman of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Joint Advisory Panel, said: ‘The plan publication consultation is an important milestone in the process of getting the revised SWDP formally adopted and is the culmination of a huge amount of technical work and consultation already undertaken over the last few years.
‘The plan contains a series of bold proposals and policies with sustainability and high-quality design at its core. I look forward to hearing councillors debate the plan across all three South Worcestershire councils, and hopefully we can agree to start the public consultation in November.’
