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Woodfield Cottage Lower Hook Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0SP

20/00321/GPDQGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 April 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse.

Received
4 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upton and Hanley Ward - Pre 01/05/23
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Woodfield Cottage Lower Hook Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0SP. Malvern Hills has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 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.

88% of all 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 0SP
Application type
GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upton-upon-Severn CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2020
Consultation expiry
9 April 2020
Consultation start
6 March 2020
Consultation end
9 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nigel J Teale MRICS Acorn Business Centre Office 10 Roberts End Hanley Swan WR8 0DN

Publicity

Site notice start
19 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
26

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.

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: Malvern Hills

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