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3 Heron Close Worcester WR2 4BW

26/00779/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 November 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of outbuilding (use class C3) to use as a barbers shop (use class E) (retrospective)

Received
20 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Wick and Pitmaston
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 74 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 3 Heron Close Worcester WR2 4BW. Worcester has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 5 weeks longer than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Filey conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Lower Wick and Pitmaston. We hold 745 applications in total for the WR2 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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Application details

Postcode
WR2 4BW
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2026
Consultation expiry
18 September 2026
Consultation start
27 August 2026
Consultation end
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Broadway Grove St Johns Worcester WR2 5EU

Planning decision

Case officer
Emma Blunt

Publicity

Site notice start
28 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, 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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