Worcestershire Parkway
Creating a New Town
mode transport planning is providing strategic transport planning and infrastructure advice for the emerging Worcestershire Parkway New Town, a major vision-led settlement planned around the Worcestershire Parkway rail hub to the south-east of Worcester.
The development is planned to deliver approximately 10,000 new homes alongside employment, community facilities, education and green infrastructure, creating a new sustainable settlement of regional significance.
The project forms a central component of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and has been highlighted by the UK Government’s New Towns Taskforce as a nationally significant opportunity to deliver housing and economic growth at scale.
The Worcestershire Parkway New Town will deliver:
- c.10,000 homes
- Employment and commercial space
- A new town centre
- Primary and secondary schools
- Healthcare and community facilities
- Extensive green infrastructure and parks
- Integrated walking, cycling and public transport networks
The development will support a population of around 25,000–30,000 residents, creating a vibrant and sustainable new community.
The Vision
The Worcestershire Parkway New Town is being shaped through a vision-led approach to place-making, delivering a connected, walkable and sustainable community centred around one of the region’s most strategically important transport interchanges.
The masterplan seeks to create:
- A rail-oriented new town anchored by Worcestershire Parkway station
- High-quality public transport linking to Parkway Station and Worcestershire Town Centre
- Walkable neighbourhoods where daily needs can be met locally
- Extensive introduction of mobility hubs across the new town
- LTN 1/20 compliant cycle linkages between all complementary land uses
- Extensive green infrastructure and landscape corridors
- A vibrant town centre and employment areas
- The new town will support the Government’s ambition to deliver large-scale new communities of at least 10,000 homes, built around strong infrastructure and high-quality placemaking principles.
Our Role
mode transport planning is advising the project team on strategic transport planning, movement strategy and infrastructure delivery, ensuring the development is supported by a robust evidence base and aligns with national planning policy.
Our role includes:
- Vision-led transport strategy development
- Strategic transport modelling and scenario testing
- Active travel and sustainable mobility frameworks
- Integration with regional rail, highway and bus networks
- Infrastructure planning to support phased delivery of the new town
mode’s approach focuses on enabling a sustainable, well-connected settlement, reducing reliance on private vehicles and supporting the long-term growth of the wider Worcester travel-to-work area.
The Worcestershire Parkway project demonstrates how vision-led transport planning can support the delivery of new communities at scale.
mode is proud to be part of the team shaping one of the UK’s most significant emerging new towns, helping to ensure the settlement is connected, sustainable and designed around the needs of future residents.
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Drainage Engineering & Flood Risk Management
We develop compliant, sustainable drainage and flood risk strategies, designed to ensure that surface water is managed sustainably and efficiently and that our solutions integrate seamlessly with our client’s development plans, site requirements and Environmental Agency guidance.
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