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18 Nelson Road Worcester WR2 5BN

26/00712/CLECertificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of existing use of property as a C4 HMO.

Received
4 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Johns Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 18 Nelson Road Worcester WR2 5BN. Worcester has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across St. Johns Ward. We hold 742 applications in total for the WR2 postcode area.

95% of amendment 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
WR2 5BN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Consultation expiry
26 August 2026
Consultation start
5 August 2026
Consultation end
26 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Enid Blyton Corner Droitwich WR9 7HY

Planning decision

Case officer
Ros Vaux Harvey

Publicity

Site notice start
6 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

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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