SIR – The campaigners against the ill-conceived application to build a care home in Northwick Road are to be congratulated. Their victory is well merited. However, as proved with a housing development scheme a few yards down the road, their jubilation may be short lived. The Old Northwick Farm housing development proposals were the subject of a protracted planning debate, which extended over almost a decade and was fiercely opposed by local residents and other citizens who were aware of the undeniable dangers of flooding and damage to the environment. The Worcester City Council planning committee finally refused the planning application to great acclaim, only for it to be overturned on appeal by Government planning authorities in Bristol!
REFUSED: Artist’s impressions of the proposed care home in Northwick; Cllr Mel Allcott (right) A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build an 80-bed care home on the edge of the city has been refused in a victory for campaigners. Northwick Developments had its plan to build a two-storey £9 million care home off Northwick Road in Northwick near Worcester refused by Wychavon District Council who said the land needed protecting for the community. Delighted campaigners who rallied to save the cherished Donkey Field said the site had been saved for future generations and common sense had prevailed. A petition with more than 1,100 signatures and more than 160 objections were lodged with the district council before a decision was made.