What should new Worcestershire Parkway town be called?

Planning and development consultants Turley, which is running the public consultation a plan to build a new 10,000-home town next to Worcestershire Parkway railway station near Worcester, has proposed four names for the new settlement.

The shortlist of names includes Cooksholme, Ersfield, Pitchmoor and Sawbrook.

The final four were whittled down from 40 possible names against criteria which meant the new name should be unique as well as reflect local history and geography.

Cooksholme is the name of a farm to the north of Littleworth and a railway level crossing and Ersfield is the name of a farm located west of the Birmingham-Bristol railway line and north of Pershore Road.

Pitchmoor is derived from Pitchmoor Hill Farm and Sawbrook comes from the stream which flows north to south across the land and into the River Avon.

A group of landowners and housing developers have joined forces and launched a month-long public consultation, which runs until Monday, November 6, asking for views on its plans to build thousands of new homes, schools, leisure and community facilities, shops, parks and a major new link road.

For more information and to have you say as well as sign up for a public webinar on October 17 visit www.wpnewsettlement.co.uk.

A public event will be held between 2pm and 8pm at Norton Parish Hall on Thursday, October 19 and between 12pm and 5pm at Drakes Broughton Village Hall on Saturday, November 4.

The huge new town would be built next to Worcestershire Parkway station – around three miles from Worcester.

The homes would be built in the next 30 years with the first 5,000 homes expected to be finished by 2041.

Summix and Homes England are set to build the new town centre as part of the first phase of the huge development around Worcestershire Parkway.

The plans include 3,700 homes, healthcare services, schools, a community park, a new link road from the A44 as well as “landmark” buildings – all of which would be built by 2041.