PLANS for a second phase in the Kidderminster town development plan have stumbled into problems with Wyre Forest planners.

Artist impressions of a new-look town go on public display in Kidderminster Library today despite being sent back to developers because of serious reservations.

Wyre Forest District Council planning chief Jake Berriman said: "I don't think the pictures are very good. I have raised this with the developers and their agents but the exhibition is going ahead anyway and I shall be go down to the library and review them with interest.

"Our view is that we have not been provided with nearly enough information on the details of this plan so we are raising a number of questions about the lack of content.

"We can't afford to rush forward with a scheme without assurances about what is in it so we have stated our concerns."

He explained the council had received an outline of the plans in 1996 and now developers were submitting an application for reserved matters.

This is the second time in the New Year the scheme has come under the spotlight for its shortcomings following an outcry over the exclusion of a cinema.

Mr Berriman said among his concerns were lack of information about access generally to the area north of the centre and also about failure to specify a use for the "piano" building.

In addition he was worried about the vagueness of the leisure facility development and the residential area above Slingfield Mill.

The architects' vision of the town centre under the KTC 2 to 4 stages of the town development scheme will be unveiled at 9.30am today and will stay on show until 5.30pm tomorrow in the two-day exhibition organised by developer Centros Miller.

The proposals follow the start of work on KTC 1 involving a new Tesco and bus station. The second phase includes retail and leisure development, new pubs and restaurants and restoration of Slingfield Mill within a landscaped setting between the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

Developers' representatives will be on hand to answer questions at the exhibition which is open today from 9.30am until 7pm and tomorrow from 9.30am to 5.30pm.