Draft Development Document:
Barnt Green Excerpt

The full Bromsgrove District Council Draft Development Document can be found here. This page contains a summary of excerpts from the document of direct relevance to the Barnt Green area (prepared with help from Bakul Kumar).

Barnt Green is classed as one of the large, sustainable settlements in the current Bromsgrove District Plan and benefits from a railway station on the Cotswold and Cross-City Lines, with good vehicular access to Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Redditch and the wider Worcestershire area. Barnt Green benefits from a thriving local centre, supported by a range of hospitality venues with good social infrastructure such as school provision and community facilities, making it appropriate for future development allocations as identified in the draft Development Strategy.

The potential allocations they have suggested that could contribute towards meeting Local Housing Needs (LHN) in Barnt Green are:

Site Reference Site Name Indicative Capacity
BAR01 Land between Twatling Road and Cherry Hill Road 140
BAR02 Land north of Kendal End Road 50
BAR03 Sandhills Farm 150
Sub total 340

Social Infrastructure:

  • Education: Expansion at Lickey Hills Primary School or St. Andrews CE First School

  • Healthcare: Potential new and enlarged health facility possibly located on potential development sites

  • Community: Contributions for existing community facilities, such as village hall/other community spaces

  • Community: Existing Local Centre enhancement, such as public realm scheme, new signage, EV charging and cycle storage, pedestrian priorities

  • Community: A replacement social club

Bromsgrove District Council (BDC) expects to deliver infrastructure concurrently alongside residential development for around 140 homes. They have listed the likely sorts of improvements that will be required to deliver development.

Physical Infrastructure:

  • Highways: Local highway/junction improvements

  • Highways: New car park to serve village centre

  • Active Travel: Segregated walking and cycling route between Cherry Hill and Barnt Green railway station/village centre

Natural Infrastructure:

  • Green Infrastructure: On site Biodiversity Net Gain

  • Green Infrastructure: On site provision of parks and recreation facilities or financial contribution to existing facilities