Planning application
Worcester City Museum And Library Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Listed building consent for internal alterations to galleries on first floor including wall panelling, replacement air conditioning units in galleries 5, 6 and 7, new store cupboard, new frameless glass doors to gallery 6, new air conditioning units to main Art Gallery and Watercolour Gallery.
As published by the council, reference 26/00440/LB
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00440/LB
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Arboretum Ward
- Parish
- Worcester City
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- WR1 1DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Worcester
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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27 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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28 Jul 2026
Status changed to Recommendation made
Previously Pending Decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
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Worcester granted permission on 27 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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