{"id":201197,"date":"2025-10-15T06:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201197\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:33:07","slug":"worcestershire-hospital-chiefs-ask-for-2m-over-new-homes-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201197\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcestershire hospital chiefs ask for \u00a32m over new homes plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the hospital trust has told the BBC they consider Woven Oaks &#8220;a significant development&#8221;, and the money could help fund emergency care and diagnostic equipment like CT scanners. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the council says the scheme would &#8220;not have been viable&#8221; if they compelled the developer to hand over the cash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;There is a clear need for the housing being provided at this site &#8211; and it has had to be accepted that, for development to proceed, not all contributions could be required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added the NHS had been consulted when the site was identified in the local plan, but not made any comment at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The planning application is recommended for approval, with the council awaiting the completion of the section 106 agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The section 106 agreement will not be revisited,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Taylor Wimpey said it would be allocating more than \u00a326m to &#8220;local services and infrastructure&#8221;, such as road improvements and school facilities, as part of the development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whilst we understand the concerns of the NHS trust, these contributions are set out by Wyre Forest District Council rather than Taylor Wimpey,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for the hospital trust has told the BBC they consider Woven Oaks &#8220;a significant development&#8221;, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-201197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}