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51 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR

26/00430/FULFull planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of rear ground floor and upper floors (use class E) to form 5 residential flats (use class C3)

Received
18 May 2026
Ward
Cathedral Ward
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 51 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR. Worcester has handled 27 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Historic City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Cathedral Ward. We hold 211 applications in total for the WR1 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
WR1 3LR
Application type
Full planning permission
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
2A Woodlands Road Cookley Kidderminster DY10 3TL

Planning decision

Case officer
Laura Wall

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Historic City
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Broad StreetOn 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.

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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