A BID to convert a listed building into a new hotel could finally be backed by the council after years of disputes over late-night noise.

The plan to turn Pitmaston House in Worcester into a hotel goes before Worcester City Council’s planning committee next week with a recommendation from officers that it is given the green light.

Blockworks, which owns the Grade II listed building off Malvern Road, was ordered by the council in March to cancel all future bookings after its last-ditch appeal to overturn a rejection by the council was dismissed by a government inspector earlier this year.

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A report, which will be discussed by the council’s planning committee at a meeting in the Guildhall on October 20, said the hotel would have to be staffed 24 hours a day, outdoor music would have to be banned and the outdoor terrace and swimming pool could not be used after 8pm for the plan to be acceptable.

“On balance, it is considered that the submitted scheme has indicated sufficient detail to warrant approval,” the report said.

“In fact, it is considered that the proposal is a well-designed site utilising the full potential of the site within a sensitive location.”

The owners of Pitmaston House have been battling with the council over gaining the correct planning permission for the St John's building after its proposals to convert seven rooms into a mix of residential and holiday flats – work that had already been carried out – was rejected at the end of 2020.

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Blockworks was then served with an enforcement notice by the city council in March after continuing to open up the listed building as a guesthouse and holiday apartments without planning permission.

The plan to convert the building into a hotel was then put forward in July.

Applications from Blockworks have been rejected twice by planning officers at Worcester City Council over fears it would create too much noise and disturb neighbours.

Frustrated neighbours have continued to object to the plan saying that 'shouting, screaming and loud music into the early hours' at the holiday let had turned a quiet residential street into 'a holiday resort in Spain.'

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.