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Diglis Weir Worcester

P17D0448Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 May 2018

Council decision: APPROVAL (PLANNING)Planning committee

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

Proposal

Proposed construction of a vertical slot fish pass cut into the side of the river bank, incorporating a sub-surface viewing gallery accessed by a hinged waterproof door on the upper surface, erection of hand rails at the viewing gallery end of the fish pass, erection of bespoke security fencing to enclose the site; installation of telemetry and metering kiosks, associated hard and soft landscaping, and; associated construction of a separate temporary construction compound and haul track with access for construction traffic via 'Kingfisher' bridleway (WR-936), Bromwich Road.

Received
4 September 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bedwardine Ward
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 252 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Diglis Weir Worcester. Worcester has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 263 days, 32 weeks longer than Worcester's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 742 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 4ZP
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worcester City

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2017
Consultation start
22 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Heritage Skills Centre, Canal Lane, Hatton, Warwick, CV35 7JL

Additional information

Documents
90

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: Riverside
  • 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.

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