WORCESTER City Supporters’ Trust say their plans for a new stadium at Perdiswell have been “very positively received”.

Around 250 people filtered through the doors during the five-hour public consultation at Perdiswell Leisure Centre to view designs for the £2million project.

The group want to construct a ground alongside the proposed new swimming pool next to the existing centre, which will be pulled down in 2016 for car parking.

It would be a community facility, including an all-weather surface and upkeep of the current pitches, and provide a potential home for Worcester City, who will be playing at Kidderminster Harriers from next season.

Organisers say the general consensus appeared to be in favour of the plans but they had to address a number issues.

Residents feared a stadium, as well as the swimming pool, would put strain on both the road network and parking in an area that already has a school and busy recycling plant.

Some were also concerned that the stadium, featuring a 500-seater main stand, would be a second Sixways, Worcester Warriors’ home ground, in size.

But the trust say they will have 130 dedicated spaces for pass holders as well as use of the park and ride and Old Elizabethans Cricket Club.

They have also pointed out that, should Worcester City take up residency, there would only be around 25 home matches a season.

In addition, despite the ground having a capacity of 4,130 to meet Football Conference criteria, City’s average gate has not hit four figures for many years.

Trust board member Rob Crean said: “The turnout was more than we could have hoped for. We probably had about 250 people which is a good turnout in anybody’s book. It was very positively received.

“There was a mixture of people who attended. There were residents because they had been sent leaflets in advance and they were asking questions about parking.

“Then there were the fans who wanted to see what it would look like and some just interested but not for or against it.

“We wanted to let people know it wasn’t just a stadium, it was for the community and would tie in with the swimming pool and other pitches.

“I think some people envisaged a Sixways-style stadium and it certainly won’t be that.

“Although we don’t think everybody went away completely convinced, we went a long way to allaying some of their fears.”

The trust now plan to review the feedback before making any final tweaks to their designs and submit them to Worcester City Council.

However, it now looks like June at the earliest before they can be shown to Guildhall planners because they are duty-bound to carry out a conservation survey on bats, which cannot be done until next month.

Based on the consultation, the group will also compile a list of frequently asked questions to put on their website.

The designs will be shown to fans at this Saturday’s Blue Square Bet North match against Hinckley United at St George’s Lane, which is also the penultimate league fixture at the ground.