A “Sub-Regional Employment Site” has been recommended for the area adjoining M5 Junction 6 in the Planning Inspectorate Panel Report on the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy proposed Phase 2 Revision, published in September 2009. A Government response to this report is currently awaited. Please also see : http://crookbarrow.wordpress.com
However, the contention made in my previous post – No Need for Endless Replication – still stands ie that employment land availability in Droitwich, which has relatively good infrastructure, justifies its pre-existing status as a sub-regional employment centre (rather than site !).
I do, incidentally, find the Panel’s distinction between a “Strategic” and “Sub-Regional” designation to be helpful, and this might be more widely applied to other “Centres”.
Returning to Droitwich, I do not, however, propose substantial new greenfield site release here to accommodate further development, but instead support a strategy for South Worcestershire which maximises the use of previously developed land, including Throckmorton Airfield.
