Land At Os 382168 281028 Drakelow Tunnels Kingsford Lane Wolverley Worcestershire
Approved on 20 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)16 conditions
Proposal
Conversion of former sub-station to holiday let and associated works
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Ward
- Wyre Forest Rural
- Agent
- Central Building Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land At Os 382168 281028 Drakelow Tunnels Kingsford Lane Wolverley Worcestershire. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 12 weeks longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Wyre Forest Rural.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wolverley And Cookley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Central Building Design Ltd
- Architect profile
- CENTRAL BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unit 11 Space at Hoo Farm Edwin Avenue Kidderminster DY11 7SZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 134 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14471675
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Wyre Forest
- 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, 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
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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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