BATTLE lines are already being drawn over where 5,200 extra homes across south Worcestershire will go - as more details emerged on the likely locations.

Your Worcester News can reveal how pubs, a crumbling leisure centre, a former art school, sports ground and assets like the old Royal Worcester Porcelain site now feature on the updated blueprint for where the new homes will be built by 2030.

As your Worcester News revealed yesterday, a revised South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP) has now emerged which is being voted on by district councils in Worcester, Wychavon and Malvern on Tuesday, September 30.

It now includes 67 brand new sites, of which Worcester is taking the brunt with 30 of them.

Malvern has 29 new sites and Wychavon just eight, although 15 existing SWDP sites have been changed to take more housing.

Around 1,100 extra homes have been included within the Worcester city boundaries alone.

Some of the other major changes in addition to those revealed by your Worcester News yesterday are:

- Sansome Walk swimming pool in Worcester, which is up for sale by the city council and expected to rake in £500,000, is earmarked for 33 properties

- The Royal Worcester Porcelain site, which retired city businessman Colin Kinnear wants to turn into a £10 million cultural quarter, is earmarked for eight homes

- 20 homes on the Royal Mail Sorting Office site in Westbury Street

- Two pubs are set for housing, including 15 at the The Bridge Inn, Lowesmoor Terrace, which is still trading, and eight homes at The Cavalier in St George's Lane Lane, which closed down in August

- A £400 million expansion of south Worcester, on fields off Crookbarrow Way in St Peter's, is now deemed capable of taking 2,650 homes instead of 2,400; the land is owned by London-based developers Welbeck

- 60 homes at the former School of Art and Design, Barbourne, which is already being developed and is now part of the SWDP tally

- 17 properties on the site of the current Christian Meeting Room in Diglis Lane, which is privately owned and 45 homes at Malvern Gate in Bromwich Road, St John's

- The former NALGO sports ground in Battenhall Road, for local government workers, is earmarked for 20 homes

As we reported yesterday it also includes 240 homes on the now-closed Crown Packaging site in Perry Wood Walk and 300 properties in a new 'urban extension' off the A4440 Swinesherd Way, near Spetchley.

People across Worcester say they are concerned about the changes.

Councillor Roger Knight, who represents St Peter's in Worcester, said: "I'm just wondering how the infrastructure will stand up to all this extra development?

"It's about time we had a boundary review too - we must have a 'green' seperation between areas like Worcester and Kempsey."

St John's resident Paula Tattam, 51, of Bromwich Road, said: "At some point somebody will have to ask how big Worcester can realistically get - our city is not meant to become a big urban sprawl."

It follows orders from a Government inspector, Roger Clews, who said the old tally of 23,200 homes in the SWDP must rise to 28,370 before it can be accepted.

If accepted by the three councils, a six-week public consultation period will start on Monday, October 6.

Councillor Judy Pearce, who chairs an advisory panel on it, said: "If agreed these sites will be subject to public consultation and any representations received will be forwarded to the inspector."

To see the full list of changes visit swdevelopmentplan.org.