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The Downs Malvern College Prep Brockhill Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6EY

P193891/FPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2020

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition/removal of the existing railway structures and replacement with two semi-permanent timber-clad buildings.

Received
8 November 2019
Ward
Hope End
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Downs Malvern College Prep Brockhill Road Colwall Malvern Herefordshire WR13 6EY. Herefordshire has handled 3,767 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Colwall Stone and Upper Colwall conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Hope End. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Herefordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WR13 6EY
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colwall

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2019
Consultation expiry
29 December 2019
Consultation start
26 November 2019
Consultation end
29 December 2019
Last date for comments
29 December 2019
Target decision date
14 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Downs Light Railway Trust C/O The Downs Malvern College Prep Brockhill Road Colwall WR13 6EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Malvern Hills
  • 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, green belt, 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, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Works to trees within college campus.

    Split DecisionWorks to trees covered by TPOP252932/J
  2. 2024
    16 Oct

    T1 - Large dying Sweet Chestnut adjacent to outdoor school area on north side of playing fields, carefully…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP242675/K
  3. 2024
    18 Sep

    Lawful Development Certificate for the permanent retention and continued mixed class F1(a) and/or C2 use of a…

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (CLEUD)P242425/U
  4. 2019
    10 Jun

    Application for permanent planning permission for a portacabin classroom, previously granted a 3 year…

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionP192052/F
  5. 2019
    20 Feb

    Proposed works to various trees - See Report: 13971

    ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOP190629/J

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