WORK to lift 16 micro-homes onto an old city car park can now start after plans were signed off.

The plan by iKozie to install the homes on a former car park off Cecil Road near Wyld's Lane in Worcester was controversially backed by councillors in 2018 after more than 60 objections were made against the plan citing parking issues, loss of privacy, inappropriate design and overdevelopment as reasons for approval to be refused.

Worcester City Council has reached the necessary legal agreements with iKozie, 15 months after it was given the go-ahead by its planning committee in October 2018, meaning the plans are now signed off and the innovative work can go ahead.

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The second of the micro-home initiatives in the city by iKozie followed the successful installation of a home in Barbourne in 2017.

Residents in neighbouring Cecil Road would have their gardens cut to make way for the homes – leaving each house with around 11 metres of garden.

Officers at the city council said the micro-homes would not be tall enough and are sufficiently far away to not restrict light or disturb people in the garden.

Five of the micro-homes would be for single people on the council’s social housing list and the remaining 11 would be put on the market to rent.

The prefabricated homes, which measure at 17.25 square metres and include a kitchen, bathroom and lounge area, would be arranged in a U-shape behind Cecil Road - part of which would be two-storeys high.

Of the 16 micro-homes, 14 would be the standard size and two would be larger to allow for wheelchair access.

The original plan for 30 micro-homes put forward in March 2018 was whittled down to 16 after discussions between the developer and the council.