Austcliffe House Cottage Austcliffe Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 3UR Data via plota.co.uk

25/0901/FUL - Full Application Pending consideration

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling (Austcliffe Cottage) and outbuilding and change of use of land to amalgamate site into Austcliffe Park, together with the stationing of 2No. static caravans and associated works to increase the total number of caravans to 100 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

4 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

20 Mar 2026

✓

Consultation

15 Jun 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 18 Sept 2026; it is now day 203.

The consultation period closed on 18 Sept 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT AUSTCLIFFE Supporting Document · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Birmingham

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area 66 m away: Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal; Inside the Cookley built-up area; Priority habitat 44 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: Wyre Forest
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: DY10 3UR
Received: 4 Dec 2025
Validated: 20 Mar 2026
Ward: Wyre Forest Rural
Parish: Wolverley And Cookley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Jul 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Steven J Dunn & Associates Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 203, past the statutory target. 88% of changes of use in Wyre Forest are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 203147 days past the 56-day target

53%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

48decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 23 Mar 2026
Consultation: 15 Jun 2026
Comments by: 18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Refused

Austcliffe House Farm Austcliffe Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 3UR

Detached self contained residential unit

17/0658/FULL 8 Dec 2017

2017 Refused

Austcliffe House Farm Austcliffe Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 3UR

Detached self contained residential unit

17/0658/FULL 8 Dec 2017

Wyre Forest

Planning Authority Score

6.5/10

Good

#80 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Wyre Forest ranks #135 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Wyre Forest decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #73 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #67 of 296

68%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #135 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #107 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

41 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

2 decided (10+ homes)

74%

Change of use approved

38 decided

427

Total decisions

31 refused in the year to March 2026