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The Cottage Willow Road Martley Worcester WR6 6PS

M/26/00077/HPHouseholder PlanningRefused
Householder

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Double-storey rear extension, side loft dormer and conversion of existing detached double garage with rear extension and roof dormers to side elevation to create an annex.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Martley Ward
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at The Cottage Willow Road Martley Worcester WR6 6PS. Malvern Hills has handled 1,246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks 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 46 applications across Martley Ward. We hold 1,910 applications in total for the WR6 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. By virtue of its cumulative scale and massing, the proposed extensions are considered to represent an overly dominant form that fails to respect the architectural character of the host dwelling. The altered roof form, including the introduction of an incongruous flat roofed section and inconsistent dormer design, would create a confused and visually discordant roofscape that does not integrate cohesively with the existing building. As a result, the development is considered to harm the character and appearance of the host dwelling. The proposal is therefore contrary to SWDPR 05 Design and Sustainable Construction, SWDPR 09 Historic Environment, SWDPR 28 Design, SWDPR 33 Management of the Historic Environment of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review, as well as Paragraph 216 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. By virtue of its scale, domestic form and the level of internal facilities proposed, the annex is not considered to function as a clearly subordinate ancillary outbuilding. The extent and arrangement of accommodation would allow the building to operate independently of the main dwelling, causing it to appear as a separate residential unit within the curtilage. The proposal therefore fails to maintain an appropriate ancillary relationship with the host property.
  3. The Spatial Development Strategy and Settlement Hierarchy and SWDPR 28 Design of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WR6 6PS
Application type
Householder Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Martley CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
9 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 Shawhurst Lane Hollywood Birmingham B47 5HL

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Webb

Additional information

Documents
10

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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