The Bumbles Upper Birch Road Shatterford Worcestershire DY12 1TR Data via plota.co.uk

26/0046/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Removal of existing log cabin, static caravan, and portal framed outbuilding and construction of 1No. dwelling and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jan 2026
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Validated
27 Jan 2026
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Consultation
19 Feb 2026
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Approved
24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

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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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
DY12 1TR
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
27 Jan 2026
Ward
Wribbenhall And Arley
Parish
Upper Arley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
24 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eldnar Ltd (Eldnar Consultancy)

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days slower than Wyre Forest's median of 52 for demolitions. Approved, as 94% of demolitions here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
35decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14633917
Planning Portal ref
PP-14633917
Neighbours
28 Jan 2026
Consultation
19 Feb 2026
Comments by
5 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
28 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Wyre Forest
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#80 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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