Drakelow Tunnels Kingsford Lane Wolverley Worcestershire DY11 5SL

21/1099/CRDischarge of Conditions applicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 January 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Approval of details under Condition 8 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan)

Received: 19 November 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 10
Council: Wyre Forest District Council
Ward: Wyre Forest Rural

ReceivedReceived19 Nov
ValidatedValidated19 Nov
Consult.Consultation7 Jan
TargetTarget Date14 Jan
DecidedDecided19 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Drakelow Tunnels Kingsford Lane Wolverley Worcestershire DY11 5SL. Wyre Forest has handled 445 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Wyre Forest Rural. We hold 1,684 applications in total for the DY11 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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: DY11 5SL
Application type: Discharge of Conditions application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wolverley And Cookley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 November 2021
Consultation expiry: 7 January 2022
Consultation start: 17 December 2021
Consultation end: 7 January 2022
Last date for comments: 7 January 2022
Target decision date: 14 January 2022
Permission expires: 19 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Birketts
Agent address: Providence House 141-115 Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1QJ Suffolk

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10402823
Documents: 3
Constraints: 5

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
Scheduled monument: Small multivallate hillfort on Drakelow Hill, 250m west of Solcum Farm
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, 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.

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© 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wyre Forest

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