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The Porthouse 75 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS

26/00667/CLPUCertificate of Lawfulness of proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 August 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed timber fence in front garden to safeguard children between the ages of 18 month and 5 years old

Received
22 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fort Royal
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Porthouse 75 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS. Worcester has handled 98 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Worcester and Birmingham Canal conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Fort Royal. We hold 211 applications in total for the WR1 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 2RS
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Consultation start
22 July 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
QD ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
35 Reservoir Road Foley Park Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 7AP
Applicant company

The Wharf Worcester Limited

Company number 16616933

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
30 Jul 2025 (1 year old)
Nature of business
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Worcester
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Ros Vaux Harvey

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Worcester and Birmingham Canal
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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