PLANS to demolish a community centre in Kidderminster to make way for housing are set to be given the green light by the district council’s planning committee.

Wyre Forest District Council’s planning committee are set to give delegated approval to plans – subject to a section 106 agreement - to demolish Rifle Range Community Centre, in Dowles Road, to provide 12 houses with associated landscaping and parking for affordable housing, when they meet on Tuesday (February 21).

The application has been submitted by Oakleaf Commercial Services.

The Dowles Road Community Centre occupies the centre of the site on the Rifle Range residential estate, in Kidderminster.

The report states to the community centre appears “vacant” and there is no obvious recent use of the building.

The report submitted to the committee said: “Planning permission is sought for the redevelopment of the site to provide 12 dwellings arrange in four blocks of three terraced properties.

“Two of the four blocks would sit between 43 and 45 Dowles Road with car parking proposed to the front of each dwelling. The remaining two blocks would sit perpendicular to the aforementioned proposed dwellings at the rear of the site with access off Dowles Road to a shared parking area.

“All of the properties would be two-bed homes and as such two car parking spaces are proposed for each dwelling.”

The application can be viewed on Wyre Forest District Council’s planning website via the reference number 16/0688/FULL.