Dines Green Primary School Tudor Way Worcester WR2 5QH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00846/FUL - Full planning permission Pending Decision

Proposal

Proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from Worcester's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 13 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 5

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
Scheduled monument about 204 m away: Moated site at Earl's Court; Local nature reserve about 447 m away: Laugherne Brook; 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.

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Important details

Council
Worcester
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
WR2 5QH
Received
17 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Dines Green and Grove Farm
Parish
Worcester City
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 41 of the 56-day target. Worcester usually decides full applications by day 56.

Day 4115 days to the 56-day target
55%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
5%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
18 Sept 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