A CITY suburb will become a sprawling 'mess' unless planners put a brake on 'scary' levels of development say angry homeowners.

A crisis meeting took place in Warndon Villages, Worcester on Monday, packed with more than 70 objectors.

Called by Warndon Parish Council, the special meeting reflects mounting concern about developments earmarked for Parsonage Way and the loss of the city's valuable 'green corridor'.

Potential developments include a controversial planning application by Warndon Six Limited for a mixed office, industrial and distribution centre on land between the M5 and the A4440 (Parsonage Way and Trotshill Way).

With large new housing developments nearby, the St Modwen site by County Hall, the former 'John Lewis' site and a potential new ground for Worcester City Football Club on Parsonage Way, concerns have been raised by residents about loss of green space, traffic congestion, pollution and harm to wildlife.

Warndon Six Limited has applied to planners to build warehouses for manufacture or distribution, sparking objectors to form the Worcester Six Action Group to fight the scheme.

The application could be decided at the Worcester City Council planning committee meeting on Thursday November 23.

One warehouse will be 10,690 square metres with 1,147 square metres of ancillary office space, the other 5,725 square metres with 462 square metres of ancillary office space.

There will also 2,975 square metres of offices on the 7.38 hectare site with developers describing the project as having 'a simple yet striking aesthetic'.

Ray Morris, chairman of Warndon Parish Council, told the Worcester News the level of development happening in Parsonage Way was ‘scary’ while many objections have been registered online before the consultation deadline closes this Friday.

Because of the level of concern expressed by the community at the special meeting, the issue will form part of their discussions at the standard parish council meeting this Monday.

Mr Morris said: “We have as much development going on in this parish as we have ever had, a huge amount of potential development.”

Gtech secured controversial planning permission on green land nearby in Berkeley Way in March last year but decided to move their HQ instead to Shire Business Park.

Other potential developments may follow after council chiefs backed a plan to ‘bring City home’.

Land off Parsonage Way has been earmarked as a possible new ground for Worcester City Football club which has not played any home games since 2013 with £100,000 from the City Plan Fund set aside to enable the development of Parsonage Way.

Mr Morris believes the location is 'totally unsuitable for an ambitious football club'.

He said the parish council had understood offices, not warehouses, were to be built at the Worcester Six site and they reluctantly supported the £1.3 million South Worcestershire Development Plan on that basis.

He said: “It’s becoming chaotic and the potential traffic is immense.”

Objector Mike O'Sullivan has written an open letter attacking plans for the 'HGV-serviced 24/7 distribution centre' in Parsonage Way by Warndon Six.

He wrote: "The site itself is within a stone’s throw of a noted ancient woodland, on top of an area of archaeological interest, and linked to the nearby European Special Area of Conservation at Lyppard Grange Ponds, home to Great Crested Newts, a species heavily protected by law.

"We don’t want our city to become a sprawling, gridlocked, characterless mess of soulless pre-fabricated buildings and easy-build box houses, interspersed with tiny patches of green. Growth for the sake of growth is neither viable nor sustainable.

"Ask yourselves - what’s the point in spending £1.3 million of our money on a plan that you ignore when the first developer challenges your authority?"

Warndon Six Limited was contacted through their agent for a comment but were unavailable by the time the Worcester News went to press.

The meeting took place at the Lyppard Hub in Ankerage Green.