Overview
- The Green- and Labour-backed motion advanced the Malvern Hills foothills site, with Independent, Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Reform councillors opposed.
- The council’s own assessment judged the location unlikely to meet required tests, citing landscape and heritage harm, car-dependent transport and its distance from Gloucester.
- Residents have organised as United Against Glynchbrook and argue the land sits on a floodplain and that the A417 cannot absorb the extra traffic, estimating 21,000 additional daily vehicle movements.
- Of 10 large-site options examined, eight were rated unlikely to satisfy standards under the council’s review.
- The proposal sits within the push to deliver 1.5 million homes by 2029, and the council says it has asked the Government to revisit its housing numbers while the Glynchbrook consultation runs until Wednesday.