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Elmwood Laugherne Farm Martley Worcester WR6 6QB

M/24/01587/GPDQGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 31 December 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (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 into 2 dwellinghouses

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Martley Ward
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Elmwood Laugherne Farm Martley Worcester WR6 6QB. Malvern Hills has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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 46 applications across Martley Ward. We hold 1,910 applications in total for the WR6 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
WR6 6QB
Application type
GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martley CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2024
Consultation expiry
23 December 2024
Consultation start
14 November 2024
Consultation end
23 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Sansome Walk Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1LX

Appeal history

3360842
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 May 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
19

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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