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Former Swimming pool Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1PX

26/00976/FULFull planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 7 and 9 of planning approval 25/00213/FUL (the erection of 40 new affordable residential dwellings consisting of a mixture of 1-bed apartments and 2, 3 and 4-bed house types split across the development with associated infrastructure road / parking / landscaping) to allow phased occupation.

Received
23 October 2026
Ward
Arboretum Ward
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Former Swimming pool Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1PX. Worcester has handled 26 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Foregate Street and The Tything conservation area, with 12 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.

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Application details

Postcode
WR1 1PX
Application type
Full planning permission
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Paul Round

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: Foregate Street and The Tything
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2 and 4, Barbourne RoadOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by condiions 11 ( Bon collection),16 (EV charger),17 (Remediation report) ,21…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00969/DOC
  2. 2026
    23 Oct

    Variation of condition 7 and 9 of planning approval 25/00213/FUL

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00976/FUL

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