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37 Turton Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 2TH

26/0126/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Part change of use of residential garden to commercial dog breeding including erection of dog kennels and whelping pens (retrospective)

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Broadwaters
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 Turton Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 2TH. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Broadwaters. We hold 1,260 applications in total for the DY10 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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Why it was refused

  1. The erection of dog kennels and whelping pens for the keeping, breeding and exercising of dogs results in a detrimental impact on the amenity of neighbouring residents in terms of noise nuisance (dog barking) and the character of the area. The development is therefore contrary to Policies SP.20, SP.33 and DM.24 of the Wyre Forest District Local Plan 2022, the Health and Wellbeing SPD (adopted July 2023) and Paragraph 187(e) of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed kennels/whelping pens, by reason of their inadequate size and insufficient internal floor area, would fail to provide appropriate and acceptable accommodation for the type and size of dogs proposed to be kept on site. The submitted plans contain inconsistent and unclear measurements, and it has not been satisfactorily demonstrated that the development meets the minimum space standards set out within relevant Government guidance for animal welfare. As such, the proposal would result in substandard living conditions for the animals and is therefore contrary to the requirements of Policy DM.24 of the Wyre Forest District Local Plan and animal welfare considerations.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DY10 2TH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kidderminster Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14710066
Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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