Planning application
Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed change of use of part of the ground floor, and all of the first and second floors from commercial use into a single residential unit Class C3 with associated internal alterations
As published by the council, reference 26/02072/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02072/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 18 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Alcester West
- Parish
- Alcester
- Postcode
- B49 5AJ
Comment by 29 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Stratford-on-Avon through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Stratford-on-Avon register
This site has had 4 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02073/LBC Awaiting decision
Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
Proposed change of use of part of the ground floor, and all of the first and second floors from commercial use into a single residential unit Class C3 with associated internal alterations
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26/00664/FUL Granted
Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
Change of use from residential accommodation for trainees in connection with existing homecare training facility (Class C2) to a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and associated internal alterations (retrospective).
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26/00665/LBC Granted
Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
Change of use from residential accommodation for trainees in connection with existing homecare training facility (Class C2) to a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and associated internal alterations (retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2026
Received by Stratford-on-Avon
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8 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Stratford-on-Avon took a median of 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
absolute architecture ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Alcester
Active · incorporated 2009 · Alcester
50 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Stratford-on-Avon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Stratford-on-Avon decided full applications in a median of 94 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
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Proposed change of use of part of the ground floor, and all of the first and second floors from commercial use into a single residential unit Class C3 with associated internal alterations
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 17 docs -
Arrow House 8 Church Street Alcester B49 5AJ
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