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Old Yarr Blaze Lane Astwood Bank Worcestershire B96 6QA

25/01102/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Application RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Installation of horse walker

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Astwood Bank And Feckenham Ward
Agent
SF Planning Limited
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Yarr Blaze Lane Astwood Bank Worcestershire B96 6QA. Bromsgrove Redditch has handled 2,989 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Bromsgrove Redditch's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Astwood Bank And Feckenham Ward. We hold 112 applications in total for the B96 postcode area.

92% 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed horse walker amounts to a building with a substantial footprint and volume, which is considered detrimental to the openness and visual amenity of the Green Belt. The same building has been the subject of an enforcement appeal in which the notice was upheld due to the detrimental impact of the building on the openness of the Green Belt and conflict with the purposes of including land in the Green Belt. Thereby, the proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt, which is, by definition, harmful and should only be approved in very special circumstances. No very special circumstances have been put forward or exist to justify the harm caused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
B96 6QA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Feckenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
10 January 2026
Consultation start
8 December 2025
Consultation end
1 January 2026
Last date for comments
11 January 2026
Target decision date
14 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SF Planning Limited
Agent address
1 Tebbit Mews, Winchcombe Street Cheltenham GL52 2NF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 December 2025
Site notice end
10 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14354287
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Redditch

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Mar

    Partial retention of, and partial alteration to stable building

    PendingApplication26/00395/FUL

Source: Bromsgrove Redditch

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