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55 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AP

25/0073/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 27 March 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Office conversion from C3(a) to E(c)(ii) with walkway link

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Bewdley And Rock
Agent
Central Building Design Ltd
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 55 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AP. 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 the Bewdley conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Bewdley And Rock. 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 2AP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bewdley

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Consultation end
25 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2025
Last date for comments
6 March 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 March 2025
Site notice start
5 February 2025
Site notice end
26 February 2025

Appeal history

3363745
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 September 2025Dev Type: Minor offices/R&D/light industryReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13745734
Documents
11
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bewdley
  • Listed building: Grade II: 55, Load StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • 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, 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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Feb

    Office conversion from C3(a) to E(c)(ii) with walkway link

    This applicationRefusedFull25/0073/FUL
  2. 2025
    3 Feb

    Office conversion from C3(a) to E(c)(ii) with walkway link

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/0074/LBC

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