Agricultural Buildings at Dripshill House, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0AG

14/01670/PDUChange of Use PDRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 16 January 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received: 9 December 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Malvern Hills District Council
Ward: Powick Ward

ReceivedReceived9 Dec
ValidatedValidated12 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Agricultural Buildings at Dripshill House, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0AG. Malvern Hills has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 633 applications in total for the WR8 postcode area.

90% of amendment applications at Malvern Hills District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: WR8 0AG
Application type: Change of Use PD
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Guarlford CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 December 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Acorus Rural Property Services Ltd Pendeford House Pendeford Business Park Wobaston Road WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AP

Additional information

Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Source: Malvern Hills

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