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174 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER

25/00765/HPHouseholder PlanningRefused
Householder

Refused on 13 October 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear extension

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Battenhall Ward
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 174 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER. Worcester has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Battenhall Ward. We hold 515 applications in total for the WR5 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Worcester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The extension as proposed would breach the 45 degree code as set out within the adopted South Worcestershire Design Guide SPD and would result in an unacceptable impact to the neighbouring amenity of the adjoining terraced house, Number 172 Bath Road, in terms of over-shadowing, loss of daylight and sunlight, obstruction of outlook and overbearing. As such the development is contrary to Policy SWDP21 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the South Worcestershire Design Guide SPD as well as the wider objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WR5 3ER
Application type
Householder Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 September 2025
Consultation start
3 September 2025
Consultation end
24 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15-17 Church Street Stourbridge DY8 1LU

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Worcester

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