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The Meadows Nursing Home 656 Birmingham Road Marlbrook Worcestershire B61 0QD

25/00730/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from C2 Residential Care Home to C3 residential dwelling, and conversion into 9no. apartments (mixture of 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bedroom) including demolition of section of building on southern elevation. Erection of bin stores and cycle stores, and creation of an extended hard-standing area with retaining wall to form 20 vehicle parking spaces.

Received
26 June 2025
Decision due
30 October 2025
Public comments
44
Ward
Marlbrook Ward
Agent
Springwheel Associates
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 10 October.

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Meadows Nursing Home 656 Birmingham Road Marlbrook Worcestershire B61 0QD. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 2,990 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Marlbrook Ward. We hold 940 applications in total for the B61 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Bromsgrove District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B61 0QD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Catshill And North Marlbrook Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Consultation expiry
10 October 2026
Consultation start
16 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2026
Last date for comments
10 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Springwheel Associates
Agent address
Dorset House Regent ParkH Kingston Road Leatherhead KT22 7PL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 October 2025
Site notice end
20 November 2025

Appeal history

3371651
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 November 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14089819
Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Bromsgrove
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bromsgrove Redditch

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