Worcester’s Shrub Hill will change dramatically – new images …
The new artist’s impression, released publicly for the first time, shows how the area around Shrub Hill Industrial Estate in Worcester would be changed beyond recognition.
Worcester City Council, which is working with Worcestershire County Council and Worcestershire LEP on the multi-million-pound work, will be showing off its plans for Shrub Hill at an exhibition in the Guildhall next week and is inviting residents to give their feedback.
The city’s new Shrub Hill ‘quarter’ would take in the area bordered by the railway station, Tallow Hill Road, George Street, Pheasant Street, Lowesmoor Place and Tolladine Road.
David Blake, managing director at Worcester City Council, said: “The Shrub Hill quarter is currently an under-valued part of the city with significant untapped potential.
“We want city residents to help us to make the most of the area’s size, location, and its strategic rail connectivity, and I hope they will come along to the exhibition and give their views on these exciting plans.”
“Our ambitions are that, within 20 years, Shrub Hill will become known as a high quality and distinctive neighbourhood, play a significant role in growing our city’s diverse and productive economy, and that the area will transform its connections both within the city and beyond.” Last month, Worcestershire County Council revealed its new ‘vision’ for Shrub Hill which shows how it imagines the area will grow in the next 20 years which includes 500 new homes and predictions of up to 5,000 new jobs. And last week, Worcester City Council submitted a planning application to create a new five-metre-wide path between Pheasant Street, opposite the Asda car park, to Padmore Street and the existing Cromwell Street bridge over the canal.[2]PLAN: Cromwell Street in Worcester (Image: Google Maps)