MORE than 9,000 additional new homes could be destined for South Gloucestershire, statistics released today have shown.

The figures from the latest draft of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan released today indicate that the region will need to provide 105,000 homes by 2036, an increase of 39,000.

Of this additional amount, 9,200 have been designated within South Gloucestershire, in areas which have been considered “strategic” for development.

Hit hardest by the plans is the Yate strategic corridor, the area encompassing Yate and Chipping Sodbury, which would take on 2,600 additional houses according to the plans, with nearby Coalpit Heath also earmarked for an additional 1,500 homes.

Thornbury, which already faces a potential 1,500 new homes from prospective developments, is designated in the report to take on 600 homes, which Conservative councillors have confirmed will include the existing prospective developments.

The controversial Buckover garden village, proposed to lie just outside Thornbury has been highlighted in the plan to take on up to 2,200 homes.

Charfield, also facing expansion from proposed developments, could then need to take on a further 1,000 houses.

Completing the list in South Gloucestershire are the North and East Fringe area, including Patchway and Filton, which is also expected to take on 1,300 more homes.

Among sites that had been put forward to the plan, but not included were Almondsbury, Alveston, Olveston, Wickwar and the Severnside area, which includes Pilning and Severn Beach.

The Joint Spatial Plan will go to public consultation between November 7 and December 19, alongside the Joint Transport Plan, with submissions expected to be made to the Secretary of State in spring next year.