Skip to content

The Old Coach House 4 Eastbury Manor Martley Road Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6PL

M/25/01504/HPHouseholder PlanningRefused
Householder

Refused on 21 November 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Two-storey front extension

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadheath Ward
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at The Old Coach House 4 Eastbury Manor Martley Road Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6PL. Malvern Hills has handled 1,246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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 33 applications across Broadheath Ward. We hold 745 applications in total for the WR2 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Malvern Hills District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Why it was refused

  1. By virtue of the design, scale and massing, the proposed two-storey front extension would appear incongruous and insensitive to its local context and lacks subservience to the existing host dwellinghouse. The proposed development would not represent a high design quality that would integrate effectively with the host dwelling and its surroundings, resulting in adverse harm to visual amenity of the area and fundamentally changing the character of The Old Coach House. Accordingly, the proposed front extension would be contrary to Policies SWDP6, SWDP21 and SWDP24 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan, the South Worcestershire Design Guide SPD, and paragraphs 131, 135 and Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WR2 6PL
Application type
Householder Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lower Broadheath CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Consultation start
29 September 2025
Consultation end
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 The Courtyard (EN/DW/11076) Timothy's Bridge Road Stratford upon Avon CV37 9NP

Additional information

Documents
25

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near WR2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for two-storey and first-floor extensions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address