A HORSE rider is worried that a 6000 home 'super village' will congest the area and make it too dangerous for her and others to enjoy their hobby.

Horse riding is popular around the village of Bishampton, but a teenager says the proposed development on Throckmorton airfield will compromise this and ruin the tranquillity of the area.

Pheobe Rigg who has lived in the village all her life said: "I live with my mother and grandparents. My mother also was born here and spent most of her life here, and my grandparents have lived here for 50 years. We all have enjoyed the peaceful, rural life in this area, which enables me to carry out and enjoy my pastimes, particularly horse riding without too much trouble from passing traffic. The number of houses, people, and cars being planned would completely wreck this peaceful life, and that does not take into account the extra large amount of heavy trucks and building works that would carry on for many many years - even almost permanently."

Many residents have expressed concern over the proposal. Beverley Young, another Bishampton resident said: "It will totally encroach and envelop Throckmorton, a historical village right up to the borders of Bishampton and ruin the character of the area, impact on heritage and quality of life. These villages are both surrounded with beautiful countryside with diverse wildlife (flora and fauna), which will become marginalised to even smaller pockets with the destruction of present natural habitat and wildlife corridors."

Lower Moor resident Matt Smith said: "The suggested site is not close to motorways, meaning a significant increase of traffic on the country roads, which are already stretched at times."

"The suggested site is not suitably close to rail links. There are suggestions that Pershore rail station is going to be expanded with additional infrastructure and parking, which again is going to lead to an increase in traffic and pollution as not sufficiently close to the proposed site."

"There is insufficient employment within the area to support 4000+ new residents, meaning the vast majority would be commuting, only adding to the issues in points 1 and 2."

"The additional housing will add to the strain on local services such as hospitals and policing."

"It has been suggested that a large proportion of the housing will be for first time buyers, however from my experience first time buyers would prefer to be within a more urban environment."

A public consultation into the development ended on Monday (December 16) The comments put forward by residents will be taken into account and a plan will be considered in September 2020.

Fred Davies, Policy Manager for Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils, said: “The plans to build 2,000 houses, along with employment, schools and other services, on Throckmorton Airfield are set out in the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review Preferred Options document. There is a Government requirement to build another 14,000 new homes across the Malvern Hills District, Worcester City and Wychavon by 2041. This is on top of the need for 28,400 new homes by 2030, more than half of which have already been built, set out in the current plan."