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Hollybed House Farm Hollybed Street Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6DB

M/25/02038/HPHouseholder PlanningRefused
Householder

Refused on 24 February 2026

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

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

Proposal

Demolition of previous extensions and construction of new single and two storey extensions

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hollybed House Farm Hollybed Street Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6DB. Malvern Hills has handled 1,246 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 94 applications across Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 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).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, as a consequence of its substantial scale and unsympathetic design, would result in a disproportionate addition to the host dwelling that fails to harmonise with the dwelling’s traditional form and character, resulting in an proposal which would fail to respect the character of the dwelling or its setting within the Malvern Hills National Landscape. Furthermore, the proposed development would also result in a level of less than substantial level of harm to the dwelling as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset. Any modest economic benefits brought about by construction works would not be outweighed by the harm bought about by the substantial scale and inappropriate design of the proposed development. As such, the proposed development fails to respect the character and setting of the development and would not accord with sections 12 and 16 of the Framework, polices SWDP 6, SWDP21, SWDP23, SWDP24 and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan, policy PL7 of the Malvern Hills National Landscape Management Plan, and the South Worcestershire Design Guide SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WR13 6DB
Application type
Householder Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castlemorton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
5 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO BOX395 Malvern WR14 9LL

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Malvern Hills
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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