A HOUSING developer has launched a public consultation ahead of submitting a planing application for 400 affordable homes in Bromsgrove.
Catesby Estates is holding the consultation online until July 12, with residents encouraged to give their thoughts.
The site is south of Maypole Lane, with vehicular access currently taken off Maypole Lane and Pickenham Road in Birmingham.
The plot is agricultural land and covers around 20 hectares, with the southern boundary by Hollywood Golf Club, whilst to the south-east sits Berry Mound Pastures.
Residents and councillors alike have hit out at the development, saying the area is already fit to bursting with houses.
Despite the planning application due to be submitted to Bromsgrove District Council, the developer has listed the local amenities as Maypole Retail Park, with the nearest schools as Hollywood Primary School and Kings Heath Secondary School, all in Birmingham.
Adam Kent, the Worcestershire County Councillor for Wythall, said the site had not been earmarked for housing development and warned it was another ‘speculative application’ from a developer.
“This is right on the Birmingham border – the access road is Birmingham and the rest is in Worcestershire which means that is where the infrastructure will need to be.
“With these 400 homes, I make the number of properties being proposed in and around Hollywood and Wythall as being close to 3,000.
“With the amount of children that could bring to the area, it is the equivalent of needing another secondary school – and who is going to pay £60million to build one.
“It’s the same with GP surgery provision – this is another example of a developer wanting to throw up housing without putting any infrastructure in place.”
Visit catesbyestates.co.uk/land/south-of-maypole-lane-hollywood-bromsgrove for information on the consultation.
