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26/00745/HP - Householder Planning Refused

Proposal

Proposed balcony and french doors to ground floor rear elevation. Patio doors to lower ground floor rear elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
20 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
21 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Britannia Square conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 175 m away: Worcester city centre; 17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Worcester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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 £227,000 in June 2014. Terraced house, freehold.

6 June 2014£227,000
24 April 1998£69,500
29 February 1996£50,000

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

Building

Floor area112 m² (1,206 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (52 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyMid-terrace house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2012, 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
Householder Planning
Postcode
WR1 3DR
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Cathedral Ward
Parish
Worcester City
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
21 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Worlledge Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 12 days slower than Worcester's median of 50 for extensions. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
164decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
21 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
24 Aug 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

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.