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26/00373/FUL - Removal Of Condition Refused

Proposal

Application to vary condition 23 of planning approval P06D0364, amended by P07D0003, to extend the opening hours to 24 hours. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Apr 2026
✓
Validated
1 May 2026
✗
Refused
18 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Air quality management area: Worcester City (Political Boundary)
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered battlefield about 60 m away: Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Old Bridge 1642
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area about 51 m away: Worcester and Birmingham Canal; Local nature reserve about 452 m away: Cherry Orchard; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Worcester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Worcester
Application type
Removal Of Condition
Postcode
WR5 3GB
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
1 May 2026
Ward
Cathedral Ward
Parish
Worcester City
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Leisure Doctors Consultancy Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Jun 2026
Comments by
2 Jul 2026
Worcester
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#117 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Worcester is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #73 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Worcester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #214 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #185 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #73 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #137 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
41 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
41 decided
427
Total decisions
62 refused in the year to March 2026