Housing and neighbourhoods

Housing and
neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods within Wychavon Town will be attractive tree-lined, high-quality, low-traffic, accessible places where people can live, play and work. Each will have a local centre designed to meet a range of people’s day-to-day needs within the place where they live, as well as provide easy access to the town centre and wider transport network including Worcestershire Parkway Railway Station and the M5.

People and place will be prioritised over the car with speed limits restricted to 20mph throughout the neighbourhoods and town centre encouraging walking, cycling and wheeling along the network of active travel routes across the town. This will create a quieter, more pleasant environment for residents.

A comprehensive network of walking and cycling routes will connect people to facilities that are no more than 15 minutes from their neighbourhood, while there will be plenty of access to green space for leisure activities. Allotments/ community gardens, children’s play areas, and community orchards will also be key features. Neighbourhoods will be well connected to the local bus routes and within a 15 minute walk from a bus stop. Transport mobility hubs will be located across Wychavon Town providing car clubs, electric charging facilities, and secure cycle facilities.

Neighbourhoods within Wychavon Town will be attractive tree-lined, high-quality, low-traffic, accessible places where people can live, play and work. Each will be served by a local centre designed to meet a range of people’s day-to-day needs within the place where they live, as well as provide easy access to the town centre and wider transport network including Worcestershire Parkway Railway Station and the M5.

People and place will be prioritised over the car with lower speed environments throughout the neighbourhoods and town centre encouraging walking, cycling and wheeling along the network of active travel routes across the town. This will create a quieter, more pleasant environment for residents.

Spetchley

This neighbourhood will be built around the green corridors (ribbons of natural plants and trees) along the existing water features. This will not only create pleasant leisure spaces for the community but protect wildlife and create opportunities to boost biodiversity too. Key features include a local centre, primary school, employment land and sports pitches.

Woodhall

A mixed-use neighbourhood incorporating residential, employment and local neighbourhood facilities, incorporating historic parkland, plenty of greenspace, a local centre, primary school and views of the Malvern Hills.

Pitchmoor Hill and Norton Fields

These areas will naturally flow into quieter, relaxed surroundings as they move away from the town centre. Tree-lined streets, pocket parks, and green spaces will weave through homes, while orchards create a gentle, scenic transition into the peaceful setting of Mucknell Abbey.

Low Hill

Inspired by the existing settlements of Stoulton and Crowle, this will have a selfcontained, traditional village feel. The design will use the land in such a way as to give good views of the new community park. Facilities will include a local centre, primary school and small scale employment land next to the A44.

Upper Wolverton

More dispersed and semi-rural in character, the design will make best use of the natural land levels to give people better views of the beautiful surrounding countryside from streets, homes, and open spaces. Facilities will include a local centre, primary school, sports pitches and a community hub, possibly created out of existing farm buildings.

Abbotswood Ridge

The largest of the neighbourhoods, it will vary in look and feel from north to south. The neighbourhood will include the tree lined Ridge Park (see natural environment section for more information) and enjoy views to the Malvern Hills, the valleys and nearby villages. There will be up to three local centres – each one with a different purpose – three primary schools, a secondary school, sports hub and other sports pitches.

Worcestershire Parkway Station

There will be a mixture of types of housing. The majority of neighbourhoods will be low to medium density (about 35 homes per hectare) with a mix of semi-detached and detached houses and small apartments, usually with gardens and driveways, providing a balance between space and community living.

Certain areas closer to local centres may be more built up (about 55 homes per hectare of land) with a more urban feel including terraced houses and apartments.

In the Town Centre area, neighbourhoods will be more built up (about 75 homes/apartments per hectare), comprising of well-designed flats and apartments with easy access to shared open green
space and close to shops and transport.

New homes will be designed to be “Zero-Carbon Ready,” meaning they will be able to transition to zero carbon when the electricity grid is fully decarbonised. Heating will be provided via greener energy and there will be the option to include renewable electricity generation and battery storage, as well as the infrastructure for electric car charging points. All homes will come with water efficiency measures built-in and full fibre broadband will be provided as standard. The whole town will also be served by 5G mobile phone technology (or a later standard if one is available at the point of development).

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