This is when work could start on a controversial huge new housing estate on the edge of Gloucester

Taylor Wimpey has acquired land north of Innsworth Lane ahead of its plans to build 1,300 homes thereA developer has revealed when it intends to start building a controversial 1,300-home estate on the edge of Gloucester.Taylor Wimpey has acquired land north of Innsworth Lane that it plans to develop.The site covers an area of about 100 hectares of mainly enclosed fields.It is on the northern edge of Innsworth and north of the A40. Existing houses are south of the site off Innsworth Lane and Imjin Barracks to the east of the site off Frogfurlong Lane.The northern site boundary follows Hatherley Brook, with farmland lying beyond this to the north.Taylor Wimpey said work was likely to start on the site towards the end of 2019. It said 35 per cent of the housing would be ‘affordable’.Outline planning permission was granted on appeal in December 2017.Communities Secretary Sajid Javid backed the development and one for 725 homes near Twigworth.If both happen, it would effectively link Innsworth and Twigworth together.The plans, which were first submitted in July 2015, went to an appeal after Tewkesbury Borough Council had not considered them for 18 months.Residents had raised concerns about the development’s impact on traffic and flooding and the council said it would have rejected the plans if it had the choice.Earlier this year, Taylor Wimpey submitted a planning application to the council, seeking the provision of site infrastructure, including primary road carriageway and attenuation ponds along with associated engineering works, for the Innsworth development.Churchdown Parish Council has objected to it, saying no building work should begin until a master plan has been agreed.The company said it would make financial contributions of more than £10million to Tewkesbury Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council towards a new primary school, sports and community facilities, as well as bus stop, footpath and play areas for existing and new homeowners in the area.In November last year, it was revealed a new roundabout would be built on the A40, on the outskirts of Innsworth, and improvements would be made to the Longford Roundabout in order to increase its capacity and reduce congestion.Dubbed the Innsworth Gateway Project, the new junction will lie between Elmbridge and Longford and cost £9million.