PLANS for a multi-million pound technology park on the outskirts of Worcester underwent more changes this week despite fears it could become just another business park.

The ambitious plans for the park in Pershore Lane, Tibberton, near junction 6 of the M5, have been in the pipeline for years and were approved in 2011 but suffered a major hit the following year when Worcester Bosch pulled out at the main tenant.

But the park, which should provide upwards of 5,000 jobs, has gone ahead and building has begun.

This week the site was once again up for discussion as plans to amend various conditions to the planning permission to make the site suitable to various businesses and not specific to Worcester Bosch, came in front of Wychavon Planning Committee, many of whom were unhappy about the changes to the original application.

Cllr Margaret Rowley said she was pleased the developer, Stoford Properties and Spetchley Developments, were still talking with technology companies in line with the original plans for the site.

"There was going to be a high tech corridor from Birmingham University to Malvern so I am very pleased that discussions are still ongoing with technology companies and I hope we will be able to achieve that," she said.

"I think it's an improvement that we haven't got Worcester Bosch on this site because it would have been one building and dependant on one company.

"What I do have concerns with are the transport links. The roads in the area are already under considerable strain."

There was also a suggestion by councillors that they had been misled.

Cllr Keith Wright said: "I think we were probably misled a little bit. My problem now is I can't tell what this is going to be.

"An employment site, which is what we have got, but I thought we were supposed to bring jobs to Worcestershire. But this is on the main motorway junction."

He was backed by Cllr Ken Jennings, who added: "I feel we were mugged by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership to keep Worcester Bosch here.

"We have no guarantee that we will meet the aspiration of having a technology park. We could just end up with another business park."

Despite their fears other councillors said the park must move forward and the changes were given the go ahead.

Councillors also gave the go ahead to detailed plans for one of the entrance plots to the site, which included a three-storey office building and a gateway feature.

Speaking on behalf of the applicants Joanne Russell, from planning consultants Barton Willmore, described this section of the development as "dipping the toe".

There was some dispute over the current design supplied with some asking for something different and other councillors calling it "crisp" and "contemporary", but there was also concern it would all change when someone took on the site.

This was acknowledged as a possibility but permission was still granted.