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Grays Farm Powick Worcester WR2 4SP

M/25/00091/GPDQGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 25 March 2025

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 to 2 Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion.

Received
20 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Powick & the Hanleys Ward
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Grays Farm Powick Worcester WR2 4SP. Malvern Hills has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Powick & the Hanleys Ward. We hold 745 applications in total for the WR2 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
WR2 4SP
Application type
GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Powick CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2025
Consultation start
30 January 2025
Consultation end
20 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wilcot Chapel Kinton Nesscliffe SY4 1AZ

Appeal history

3364410
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 October 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
22

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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