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Dismissed8 September 20266011840

56 Woodstock Road, Worcester, WR2 5NE

Planning appeal 6011840 at 56 Woodstock Road, Worcester, WR2 5NE (Worcester City Council) was dismissed on 8 September 2026 by Inspector Andrew Fulford, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the impact of the proposal on an existing street tree in relation to its future preservation.

Using vacant rooms within an existing 6-bedroom HMO to form an 8-bedroom HMO and a new dropped kerb access

Authority
Worcester City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
Andrew Fulford
Postcode
WR2 5NE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the impact of the proposal on an existing street tree in relation to its future preservation
  • the impact of the proposal on the highway network in relation to the provision of a safe access

What decided it

The proposal would cause irreversible harm to an existing street tree through damage to its root structure, which would be substantially outweighed by the limited benefits of the development.

the limited benefits of providing additional specialist residential accommodation and more effective use of the building were substantially outweighed by the significant harm to the existing street tree

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SWDPR 06Policy SWDPR 29

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