West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin is planning to hold talks over plans to expand four Malvern area primary schools. Certain Malvern area schools have been earmarked for expansion and public meetings are scheduled to discuss the plans later this month. Somers Park Primary, Northleigh C E Primary, Callow End Primary and Leigh and Bransford Primary are all planning to take on extra pupils in 2016. Worcestershire County Council is making the plans because of local demographics, as the Malvern Vale development is now almost finished and a number of new housing developments are planned and will add to the school population in coming years. Three of the schools will increase their school admissions by as much as 50 per cent and may need to have additional facilities built at the schools to handle additional pupils. The land earmarked by developers at Malvern Vale could also be used in this plan. Harriett has written to the county council calling for a more detailed strategy to be prepared in conjunction with the South Worcestershire Development Plan. Harriett said: “The South Worcestershire Development Plan is ambitious for new homes in our local area. Many of these will be family homes and we can expect to see the need for more school places. “I am glad that the county council is planning ahead for Malvern but it may be that a broader piece of work is needed to ensure developers are required to make a fair contribution to the cost of the new school buildings. “It may also be worth looking at some of the existing school buildings which were mothballed by the county in recent years. “Malvern is a wonderful place to live and bring up a family and it is great that the County is planning ahead so carefully with our local primaries to ensure that it always will be.”