South Worcestershire Development Plan

About

Malvern Hills District, Worcester City and Wychavon District Councils have joined together to prepare a Development Plan Review with the aim of ensuring that future development within South Worcestershire is well planned and managed effectively, having a positive impact on the environment.

The South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (SWDPR) replaced the existing Local Plans of the three partner Councils when it was adopted in March 2026. The SWDPR considers the long term vision and objectives for South Worcestershire for the period 2021 – 2041, as well as containing the policies for delivering these objectives in a planned and cohesive manner; this has been done by allocating a range of small sites and larger 'strategic' sites across South Worcestershire and providing policies to ensure that any development is sustainable.

South Worcestershire Development Review Plan (Adopted 2026)

Consultations

An important component of the Development Plan process, as advocated by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended), is feedback from local communities and other interested parties.

Consultations

Publications

To support the Development Plan process, the SWCs are required to produce robust evidence base documents and develop a series of documents to support the SWDP and subsequent review, including Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Monitoring Reports. In addition, the SWCs have also adopted separate Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedules.

Publications