Do I need planning permission?
It depends on what you want to do. Some work is allowed without planning permission, this is called permitted development.
The Planning Portal has interactive guides for householders and businesses to help you identify whether your work would be permitted development. The Common projects page - on the Planning Portal can also help.
Certain buildings and building works are considered by the Department of Communities and Local Government to be exempt from the requirements of the Building Regulations and may also not require planning permission. In such cases you may build without approval under the Building Regulations or submitting a planning application.
We cannot provide pre-application advice on Highway Matters, for information see Highways pre-application advice | Worcestershire County Council
Due to a combination of staff shortage and exceptionally high volumes of applications being submitted since the adoption of the Wyre Forest District Local Plan 2022 and appeals being lodged, we are unable to provide the written advice on pre-application enquiries and permitted development enquiries within the timescales set out in our Pre-Application Guidance Note.
As a consequence, we have decided to suspend our pre-application service on non-major developments.
From Tuesday 14 February 2023, we will only be accepting and providing pre-application advice on major developments which is defined as:
- the provision of dwellinghouses where—
(i) the number of dwellinghouses to be provided is 10 or more; or
(ii) the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more and it is not known whether the development falls within sub-paragraph (a)(i).
- the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more: or
- development carried out on a site having an area of 1 hectare or more.
Our officers are working extremely hard to progress existing pre-application enquiries. We are grateful for your patience and understanding at this busy time.
Pre-application service (excluding Conservation) will restart on 1 June 2023