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Highfield House Solcum Lane Wolverley Worcestershire DY11 5XN

23/0241/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 May 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change Of Use Of Part Of Field To Form New Access

Received
31 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Wyre Forest Rural
Agent
Central Building Design
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Highfield House Solcum Lane Wolverley Worcestershire DY11 5XN. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

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
DY11 5XN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolverley And Cookley

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2023
Consultation expiry
17 May 2023
Consultation start
5 April 2023
Consultation end
3 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 April 2023
Last date for comments
17 May 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023
Decision issued
18 May 2023
Permission expires
18 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Central Building Design
Architect profile
CENTRAL BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Woodland View Stone Meadow Butts Lane Stone DY10 4BH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 April 2023
Site notice end
17 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Wyre Forest
  • Local nature reserve: Kingsford Forest ParkNext to 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national 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

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© 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. 2023
    5 Jun

    Condition 7 (Landscaping) of Planning Permission 23/0241/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/0403/CR
  2. 2023
    31 Mar

    Change Of Use Of Part Of Field To Form New Access

    This applicationApprovedFull23/0241/FUL

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Oct

    Garage extension

    ApprovedHouseholder25/0774/HOU

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