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Crowcroft House Farm Crowcroft Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5ED

M/25/01250/GPDQGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 24 September 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 2no Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick Ward
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Crowcroft House Farm Crowcroft Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5ED. Malvern Hills has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick Ward. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 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
WR13 5ED
Application type
GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2025
Consultation expiry
12 September 2025
Consultation start
19 August 2025
Consultation end
12 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Pump Street Malvern WR14 4LU

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 Jan

    Application for Lawful Development Certificate to use part of the land for events, restricted to a maximum of…

    ApprovedOutlineM/26/00056/CLPU
  2. 2025
    21 Nov

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate to use part of the land at Crowcroft House Farm for events…

    WithdrawnOutlineM/25/01880/CLPU
  3. 2025
    18 Jul

    Change of use of building to dual use as an annex to the main dwelling and holiday accommodation including…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionM/25/01127/FUL
  4. 2025
    19 Jun

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the Existing use of the following structures for the cultivation and sale of…

    PendingCertificate of Lawfulness ExistingM/25/00959/CLE
  5. 2025
    2 May

    Notification for Prior Approval for the proposed change of use of an Agricultural Building to…

    RefusedGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseM/25/00711/GPDQ
  6. 2023
    25 Jan

    Retrospective Planning Application for the Retention of Buildings for livestock housing and storage for…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionM/23/00110/FUL

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