A JOBS boost is coming to Worcester - with a redundant old railway goods yard due to be transformed into a new business park.

Developers have secured permission to revamp derelict land known as Central Park, in Great Western Avenue, by opening up four new industrial units.

There are hopes the site, which sits behind the Lea & Perrins factory in Midland Road, will create 150 jobs once full to further boost the city's economy.

Worcester City Council's planning committee has given the project the nod, with its chairman describing the development as "pure joy".

The land, which is also next to the Territorial Army site and backs onto gardens in Sawmill Close, has been going to waste for years.

Back in 2013 the city council refused a bid from developers to plonk 28 homes on the site, saying it wanted the land to be used for employment.

Following a dispute the developer then went to appeal, leading to an inspector siding with the council in September that year.

Council chiefs have continued to earmark it for employment in the South Worcestershire Development Plan (SWDP), in the hope it would come under an investor's radar.

The revamp is the work of Tustin Holdings Limited, based in Martin Hussingtree, which wants to create 3,727 square metres of business space carved up into the four units.

The development has been voted through unanimously by the planning committee, despite some concerns over congestion.

Councillor Alan Amos, the chairman, said: "This is one of those applications which is pure joy - it's more jobs for Worcester.

"From every angle we look at this I think it's excellent - it's great that we can help create more jobs which allows people who live here to work here."

Councillor Geoff Williams, the deputy chairman, said he also supported the scheme but pointed to worries about parking.

"Very often you see cars parked up on both sides of that road - if this site takes off there will be issues around that," he said.

He was told by highways officers that there are double yellow lines down both sides of the road, so the onus will be on enforcing it.

Despite the site's history serving the railways it contains no listed buildings, with the land having shared accessed off Midland Road with Worcester Community Housing.

The development will come with 65 car parking spaces on-site and room for seven bicycles.