THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
The current development proposals have regard to the technical work that has informed our understanding of the site and its surrounding area, along with its role within the wider Wychavon Town settlement and Abbotswood Ridge neighbourhood, and the delivery of the Stoulton relief road (also referred to as the Stoulton Bypass).
The development would be responsive to its surroundings and set within a comprehensive network of ecological and wildlife corridors.
Connectivity through the site, and to the local centre and surrounding area, would be emphasised to encourage sustainable travel.
Proposed Masterplan
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OUR VISION FOR THE SITE
A new Stoulton relief road (also referred to as the Stoulton Bypass). The relief road will be delivered alongside new housing and will connect the B4084 to the south of Stoulton;
Extract from the Wychavon Town Spatial Framework SPD
STOULTON RELIEF ROAD (THE STOULTON BYPASS)
The Stoulton relief road is a proposed new link road that will connect the B4084 to the south of Stoulton. The relief road will ensure that the wider Wychavon Town development does not have an adverse impact on traffic movement through the village of Stoulton.
The delivery of the relief road will be enabled by the release of land for residential development within the southern neighbourhood, delivered simultaneously to fund its construction.
The Wain Estates proposals include the delivery of a secondary access road to the southern part of the Abbotswood Ridge Neighbourhood. This will be required to facilitate delivery of the quantum of new houses proposed, and to meet County Highways technical requirements.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
In September 2024, Wain Estates sought the Council’s Scoping Opinion for the site and submitted a Scoping Report for ‘Land At (OS 8952 4900), Abbotswood Road’, Worcestershire Parkway (Reference: W/24/01758/SCO). This was to establish the scope and level of detail required for the Environmental Statement.
The Council set out its initial views and concluded that an Environmental Statement could proceed on the basis proposed, provided it recognises the interrelationships between different impacts, responds to the comments made by the Council and consultees, and remains open to supplying further information if required.
An Environmental Statement will now be prepared and submitted alongside the planning application.
SUSTAINABILITY
FLOOD RISK
The Flood Map for Planning shows that most of the site lies within Flood Zone 1, meaning it has less than a 0.1% annual probability of flooding from rivers or the sea. A small area of flood risk is present in the northeast along a tributary of the Stoulton Brook.
Surface water flood risk is generally low across the site, with medium and high‑risk areas limited to the north and northeast. The site is also considered to be at low risk from other natural sources (groundwater, coastal and tidal) and from artificial sources (canals, reservoirs, large waterbodies and sewers).
In response to the above, land uses, such as the residential elements of the development proposed, will be located outside of these areas of risk, and in areas of lowest risk in line with the latest National Planning Policy Framework guidance.
