25 Hemsby Close Worcester WR5 3RH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00544/FUL - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from a dwellinghouse to a mixed use as a dwellinghouse and a beauty salon business. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jun 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

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

Site constraints 5

Registered battlefield: Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Old Bridge 1642
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Worcester built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £278,000 in August 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.

11 August 2023£278,000
25 February 2020£220,000
31 March 1995£56,995

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area77 m² (829 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Worcester
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
WR5 3RH
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
St. Peter's Parish Ward
Parish
St. Peter the Great County
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Greenaway Planning Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 32 days slower than Worcester's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 89% of changes of use here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Worcester in the last twelve months, from validation. Worcester decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
23 Jun 2026
Worcester
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#117 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.