Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed9 September 20253363745

55 Load Street, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2AP

Planning appeal 3363745 at 55 Load Street, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2AP (Wyre Forest District Council) was dismissed on 9 September 2025 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to privacy.

office conversion from C3(a) to E(c)(ii) with walkway link

Authority
Wyre Forest District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Minor offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector
Watson S
Postcode
DY12 2AP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to privacy

What decided it

The proposal would unacceptably harm the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers at No 56 Load Street through overlooking from the proposed walkway, particularly affecting privacy of the first-floor kitchen window and garden space, which outweighs the modest benefits of renovation and economic activity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DM.24DM.25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

22 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Wyre Forest

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed9 September 20266010714
    66 Belbroughton Road, Blakedown, Kidderminster, DY10 3JH
  2. Dismissed15 June 20263376007
    Foxwood Manor, 204-206 Wilden Lane, Stourport on Seven, DY13 9JR
  3. Allowed20 May 20266004375
    Hillgrove House, Winbrook, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2BA
  4. Dismissed14 May 20266004729
    Grove Farmhouse, Drayton Road, Belbroughton, DY9 0BW
  5. Dismissed29 April 20266002744
    75 Mill Road, Worcestershire, Stourport On Severn, DY13 9BJ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.