15 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AE
Proposal
Listed building consent for the change of use of the premises from retail and office space (Use Class E (c)(i) and E(g)(i)) to cafe (Use Class E(b)) to the ground floor and hotel (Use Class C1) to the first, second and third floors, and associated internal and external works
- Received
- 15 December 2025
- Decided
- 20 March 2026 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Ward
- Bewdley And Rock
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date15 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)
This is a heritage application for a change of use at 15 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AE. Wyre Forest has handled 461 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Wyre Forest's median. The site is in the Bewdley conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Bewdley And Rock. We hold 1,827 applications in total for the DY12 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Associated applications
- 202515 Dec
Change of use of the ground floor retail and office space (Use Class E (c)(i)/E(g)(i)) to cafe (Use Class…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/0933/FUL - 202515 Dec
Listed building consent for the change of use of the premises from retail and office space (Use Class E…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/0934/LBC
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bewdley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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