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West Midland Safari Park Spring Grove Bewdley DY121LF

14/0120/FULLFull applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2014

Council decision: Approved FullDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of a new Ride Inspection Facility

Received
3 March 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Historic Ward
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at West Midland Safari Park Spring Grove Bewdley DY121LF. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 40 other applications at this address. We hold 1,844 applications in total for the DY12 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Wyre Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DY12 1LF
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bewdley

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2014
Consultation expiry
24 March 2014
Consultation start
3 March 2014
Consultation end
24 March 2014
Last date for comments
24 March 2014
Target decision date
28 April 2014
Permission expires
24 April 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Wyre Forest
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    22 Sep

    Hybrid Application: Outline application for hotel (maximum 250 bed) (use Class C1) conference centre (maximum…

    ApprovedData Maching FULL/OUT14/0591/FMAJ
  2. 2014
    9 May

    New Wolf House

    ApprovedFull application14/0260/FULL
  3. 2014
    6 Feb

    Conversion of existing building to retail kiosk, Creation of Dinosaur exhibit, Erection of building for…

    ApprovedFull application14/0075/FULL
  4. 2013
    13 Mar

    Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 5 of Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact…

    ApprovedEnv Impact Assessment Screening request13/0153/EIASC
  5. 2012
    13 Jul

    Creation of otter exhibit

    ApprovedFull application12/0431/FULL
  6. 2011
    18 Jul

    Erection of new Lion House with associated fencing, compounds and septic tank

    ApprovedFull application11/0434/FULL

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