WORCESTER City’s bid to secure a new stadium at Parsonage Way begins on Monday with chairman Anthony Hampson declaring: “This is the start of the journey.”

The club will meet with its architect and officials from the city council and county FA next week to thrash out plans for the site near junction six of the M5 motorway.

Hampson described the collaboration as a “working meeting” to develop initial drawings of what a new stadium could look like in line with ongoing council surveys.

“One of the principal points will be the topographic report along with other areas to see whether there are any major obstacles to the project,” said Hampson.

“From there the drawings will start to come together and we hope to move it forward together with our architect. We are delighted to have to the support of Worcester City Council and the Worcestershire FA to move forward this exciting project.

“This is the start of the journey and we hope to gain a clearer idea of the time frames once this meeting has taken place.”

The club’s decision to pursue Parsonage Way was announced at the beginning of August after planning permission was refused by Worcester City Council for proposals to build a new ground at Perdiswell.

In September, City announced its plan to link with the council and Worcestershire FA to build a stadium at Parsonage Way that the county association would lease to the club for a peppercorn rent of £1 per year.

Council proposals to spend £100,000 on “technical work that is required for the planning application and to contribute to the preparatory work required to make the site viable for the proposed use” were then passed eight days later.

Worcester City Supporters’ Trust remains dedicated to the Perdiswell project, unanimously voting last month to appeal the rejected application with the Planning Inspectorate.

Ahead of that trust meeting, Hampson said: “The council told the trust and the club that the land (at Perdiswell) will not be made available.”

Trust board member Rob Crean acknowledged Hampson’s claims but said the “veiled threat” had been an unofficial comment from one unnamed councillor.

Meanwhile, a council spokesperson confirmed pipes emerging from the ground at Parsonage Way were neither any part of any stadium work nor necessarily prohibitive to it in the future.