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86 Lea Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 1SN

26/0591/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from 6-bed HMO (C4) to 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis). Single-storey side extension with rooflight, rear dormer with rooflights, and basement conversion with lightwell to facilitate the change of use. The property benefits from an existing approval for use as a 6-bed HMO (Use Class C4). Reference: 26/0312/CLP. This application seeks the additional habitable space and change of use required for a seventh occupant.

Received
27 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 October 2026
Ward
Aggborough And Spennells
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 86 Lea Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 1SN. Wyre Forest has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Wyre Forest's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Aggborough And Spennells. 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 proposed change of use from a six-person House in Multiple Occupation to a seven-person House in Multiple Occupation would result in an over-intensive use of the existing mid-terraced property. The proposed layout would not provide an adequate standard of living accommodation for seven unrelated occupiers, having regard in particular to the limited communal living accommodation, the inadequacy of the proposed kitchen to serve the number of occupants and the Council's position that the basement accommodation is not suitable for use as habitable accommodation. The proposal would therefore result in an unsatisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupiers, contrary to Policy DM.3 of the Wyre Forest District Local Plan and Policy DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DY10 1SN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kidderminster Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
18 August 2026
Consultation start
28 July 2026
Consultation end
18 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 August 2026
Last date for comments
18 August 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15073330
Documents
13
Constraints
5

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    27 Jul

    Change of use from 6-bed HMO (C4) to 7-bed HMO (Sui Generis). Single-storey side extension with rooflight…

    This applicationRefusedFull26/0591/FUL
  2. 2026
    20 Apr

    Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Use for change of use from C3 to C4 (Small HMO) including single storey…

    PendingCert of Lawful Dev ProposedPart of26/0312/CLP

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