Fresh images show how new Worcester care home on old Harvester pub, Droitwich Road, could look

A planning application to demolish the former Harvester restaurant in Worcester’s Droitwich Road and replace it with a 78-bed care home has been submitted to the city council.

A total of 33 car parking spaces would also be built according to Birmingham-based developer Macc Care.

A controversial plan to build a McDonald’s drive thru on the site was eventually withdrawn in November 2019 after facing a wave of opposition from residents.

Hundreds of people spoke out against the plan saying a new McDonald’s should not be built near a school and would attract more litter and anti-social behaviour.

Several plans for new care homes have been put forward in the area in recent years.

A once-rejected plan to build a new care home on the edge of the city has recently attracted more than 170 objections with a decision still to be made by council planners.

The 70-bed care home could be built on land known as the ‘Donkey Field’ off Northwick Road in Worcester – just over a mile away from the former Harvester pub and restaurant – if plans are backed by Wychavon District Council.

Council planners rejected proposals to build an 80-bed care home on the same land last year.

The plan proved controversial when it was submitted at the end of 2020 and a petition with more than 1,100 signatures and more than 160 objections were lodged with the district council before a decision was made.

A plan for a 74-bed care home on the remaining part of the former park and ride site in John Comyn Drive off Droitwich Road, less than a mile away from Old Northwick Farm, was approved by Worcester City Council in 2020.