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Bliss Gate Inn Heightington Road Bliss Gate Rock Kidderminster Worcestershire DY14 9YE

22/0970/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 March 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former public house into a 4-bed dwelling, construction of a 2-bed dormer property and construction of two timber-framed carports following the demolition of existing single storey side extension and outbuildings

Received
29 November 2022
Public comments
4
Ward
Bewdley And Rock
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 115 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bliss Gate Inn Heightington Road Bliss Gate Rock Kidderminster Worcestershire DY14 9YE. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Bewdley And Rock. We hold 541 applications in total for the DY14 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
DY14 9YE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Rock

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2022
Consultation expiry
4 January 2023
Consultation start
1 December 2022
Consultation end
22 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2022
Last date for comments
4 January 2023
Target decision date
22 March 2023
Permission expires
24 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 December 2022
Site notice end
4 January 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11729213
Documents
16
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Bliss Gate InnRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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

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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.

© 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.

Source: Wyre Forest

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