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West Midlands Safari Park Kidderminster Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1LF

19/0390/EIASCEnv Impact Assessment Screening requestApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 September 2019

Council decision: Approved EIA OutlineDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion: Proposed animal enclosures and buildings, provison of muck clap, holiday lodges and associated alterations

Received
25 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wribbenhall And Arley
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at West Midlands Safari Park Kidderminster Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1LF. Wyre Forest has handled 496 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There have been 31 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Wribbenhall And Arley. We hold 1,844 applications in total for the DY12 postcode area.

91% of outline 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
Env Impact Assessment Screening request
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bewdley

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2019
Consultation expiry
1 January 2099
Consultation start
27 June 2019
Consultation end
1 January 2099
Neighbour consultation start
1 July 2019
Last date for comments
1 January 2099
Target decision date
20 August 2019
Permission expires
11 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
(Mr R Boother)
Agent address
(Mr R Boother) 20 Western Avenue Abongdon OX14 4SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wyre Forest
  • SSSI: Devil's Spittleful SSSIPart of the 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, 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, 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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Jun

    Construction of 2no. safari lodges with associated external works

    PendingApplication26/0505/FUL
  2. 2026
    17 Jun

    Construction of 2no. safari lodges with associated external works

    PendingFull Application26/0504/FUL
  3. 2026
    29 Jan

    New covered entrance canopy to create bag checking area

    ApprovedApplication26/0063/FUL
  4. 2025
    7 Nov

    Construction of 1No. safari lodge and associated works

    ApprovedFull Application25/0833/FUL
  5. 2024
    16 Dec

    Partial demolition (walls) of an existing muck clamp and construction of four rhino safari lodges

    ApprovedFull Application24/0850/FUL
  6. 2024
    13 Dec

    Construction of concrete base and concrete panelled muck clamp

    ApprovedFull Application24/0847/FUL

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