Planning application
Bethany Lodge 222 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4PA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm that the proposed use as a residential care home for 5 young people (use class C2) would not be a change of use from the existing use as a care home for 8 adults.
As published by the council, reference 26/00476/CLPU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00476/CLPU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed use
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Lower Wick and Pitmaston
- Parish
- Worcester City
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WR2 4PA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 May 2026
Received by Worcester
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3 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Worcester granted permission on 3 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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