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17 The Town House The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD

26/00031/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building consent for a change of use of dwellinghouse (use class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (use class C4). Internal alterations to include new timber stud partitions to form kitchen/en-suites. Insertion of new rooflight to provide smoke vent.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arboretum Ward
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 17 The Town House The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD. Worcester has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 10 days quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Foregate Street and The Tything conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Arboretum Ward. We hold 206 applications in total for the WR1 postcode area.

97% of heritage applications at Worcester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WR1 1HD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Roden Avenue KIDDERMINSTER DY10 2RF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Foregate Street and The Tything
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11, the TythingOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Jun

    Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of listed building consent…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00487/DOC
  2. 2026
    12 Jan

    Listed building consent for a change of use of dwellinghouse (use class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/00031/LB

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