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Unit 10, Moons Moat North Industrial Estate, Merse Road, Moons Moat North Industrial Estate, REDDITCH, B989HL

23/000019/CMCounty MatterApproved

Approved on 29 November 2023

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use to sui generis waste use for development of a facility for recovery of precious metals from metal containing wastes, minor modifications to existing building, including the installation of exhaust flues and addition of other minor ancillary structures to support development.

Received
18 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Arrow Valley East
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.27 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 225 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Unit 10, Moons Moat North Industrial Estate, Merse Road, Moons Moat North Industrial Estate, REDDITCH, B989HL. Worcestershire has handled 101 applications of this type. This one was decided in 225 days, 25 weeks longer than Worcestershire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Arrow Valley East. We hold 617 applications in total for the B98 postcode area.

97% of all applications at Worcestershire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B98 9HL
Application type
County Matter
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Redditch

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 April 2023
Consultation expiry
27 September 2023
Consultation start
6 September 2023
Consultation end
27 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oaktree Environmental Ltd, Lime House, 2 Road Two, Winsford Industrial Estate, Winsford, CW7 3QZ

Publicity

Site notice start
6 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
96

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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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
    27 Jan

    Application to discharge condition(s) 12 of planning permission ref: 23/000019/CM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/000032/DIS
  2. 2023
    18 Apr

    Change of use to sui generis waste use for development of a facility for recovery of precious metals from…

    This applicationApprovedOther23/000019/CM

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