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Caravan At Upper Orchard Cottage Hollybed Street Castlemorton

M/23/01787/CLECertificate of Lawfulness ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 12 April 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of land for stationing a caravan for residential purposes

Received
21 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Caravan At Upper Orchard Cottage Hollybed Street Castlemorton. Malvern Hills has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward.

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

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castlemorton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Consultation expiry
23 January 2024
Consultation start
2 January 2024
Consultation end
23 January 2024
Last date for comments
25 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Malt House Main Road Wyre Piddle Pershore WR10 2HU

Appeal

Appeal reference
APP/J1860/X/24/3353569
Appeal date
21 January 2025
Appeal result
Allowed
Appeal decision date
10 November 2025

Appeal history

3353569
Allowed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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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