Land At Os 383863 280765 Bridge Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire Data via plota.co.uk

26/0043/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Use of Land for the Siting of Five Field Shelters (Retrospective) and the Siting of Two New Field Shelters Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jan 2026
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Validated
30 Jan 2026
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Consultation
16 Mar 2026
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Committee
14 Apr 2026
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Approved
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wyre Forest Planning Committee on 14 Apr 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Members approved the retrospective horse shelters subject to conditions.
  • The shelters must be removed if horse keeping on the land stops for more than 6 months.
  • External materials must be dark stained timber, with no external lighting and manure heaps kept away from watercourses.

Source: Plota analysis of Wyre Forest's committee minutes, Wyre Forest Planning Committee minutes, 14 April 2026 .

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.
Public footpath about 2 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 8 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Cookley built-up area; Conservation area about 97 m away: Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal; 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
DY10 3SD
Received
21 Jan 2026
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Wyre Forest Rural
Parish
Wolverley And Cookley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
PKR Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 75 days from validation, 17 days slower than Wyre Forest's median of 58 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
13%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14640101
Neighbours
16 Mar 2026
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Comments by
30 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
19 Mar 2026
Committee
14 Apr 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