More opposition to party house

More neighbours have spoken out against controversial proposals for a ‘party house’ in a city street.

Dozens of objections to a plan to convert Pitmaston House in Worcester into a mix of residential and holiday apartments – work which has already been carried out – have been submitted to the city council.

Frustrated neighbours had already said ‘shouting, screaming and loud music into the early hours’ at a holiday let is turning the quiet Worcester street into ‘a holiday resort in Spain’ and more objections have been raised in the last fortnight.

One objector in Priory Road said: “The position of this particular property within a densely populated area of family homes makes many demonstrated behaviours intrusive, inappropriate and unwelcome.

“Admittedly, not all the guests are loud, but a change in permissions will only increase the instances of us being denied the enjoyment of summer evenings in our own gardens.

“Why must our relaxation time be curtailed because of increasingly large groups of imported rowdy holiday makers, stag and hen parties?”

Another objector in Manor Road said: “We have already had cause to object to the owners because of noise in the middle of the night and recently we have been woken on two occasions with the sounds of youngsters holding parties.

“We understand that the venue is being promoted as suitable for parties of up to 26 people which inevitably will lead to high noise levels.”
Blockworks has been battling with the council over obtaining the correct planning permission for the grade II listed building off Malvern Road after the developer had its proposals to convert seven rooms into a mix of residential and holiday flats rejected by the council at the end of 2020.

The developer then appealed to the government’s planning inspector in a bid to get the council’s decision overturned but was unsuccessful.

Bookings for hen parties of up to 12 people at Pitmaston House have been available on various websites for a number of years.

Complaints were made by neighbours about noise at Pitmaston House, which currently only has permission for residential flats rather than short-term holiday lets, in 2017.

These were investigated by the council and eventually led to the planning application being submitted.