Article: The future is sweet; PLANNING: Blueprint produced for bringing pioneering 'chocolate' village into the 21st century.(News)

Byline: By Mail Reporter

DESIGNERS have come up with this 21st century vision of what might become the new-look Bournville village.

Landscape architects Scott Wilson team, of Birmingham, have been appointed to prepare a new masterplan for the estate, home to Cadbury's, whose founders built the village for its workers during the 1890s.

Today the 1,000 acres of land in the south of the city is home to more than 27,000 people.

The masterplan will aim to develop the aspirations of the Cadbury family's original objective of producing "a model of good planning, open to all'.

It will look at developing open spaces, woodlands, play ...

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