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Land At (Os 7100 6170) Hope Lane Clifton Upon Teme

M/24/00954/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 May 2025

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Outline planning permission for up to 55 dwellings (with means of access to the site be considered at this stage and all other matters reserved)

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Baldwin Ward
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 294 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At (Os 7100 6170) Hope Lane Clifton Upon Teme. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 312 days, 37 weeks longer than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Baldwin Ward.

62% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would have an unacceptably urbanising and consequently adverse impact upon the character and appearance of the area by reason of its location and projection beyond the western edge of the village, and would disrupt views into and across the site from Hope Lane and public right of way No.CT-562 resulting in demonstrable harm to and loss of attractive open countryside. Consequently, the development would be contrary to Policies SWDP 1, SWDP 2, SWDP 21, and SWDP 25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (adopted February 2016) and Policy CH2 of the Clifton upon Teme Neighbourhood Development Plan, made November 201,7 and paragraph 187 of the NPPF.
  2. No mechanism (section 106 agreement) has been entered into to secure a legal obligation to provide for a policy compliant scheme for the provision of Highways, Education, Community Infrastructure, and Health contributions, and to secure the provision of affordable housing and the management and maintenance of the public open space. Accordingly, the proposed development is contrary to Policies SWDP 7, 15, 3, 39 and 62 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, as well as the guidance contained within the South Worcestershire Developer Contributions SPD (July 2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
55
Parish
Clifton upon Teme CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2024
Consultation expiry
17 September 2024
Consultation start
27 August 2024
Consultation end
17 September 2024
Committee meeting
7 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hayfield House, Arleston Way Solihull B90 4LH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 September 2024

Appeal history

3369030
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 8 December 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
173

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.

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