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Land At (Os 8027 5578) Upper Lightwood Farm Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath

M/26/00133/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 March 2026

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

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of between 5 and 7 dwellings

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadheath Ward, Martley Ward
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At (Os 8027 5578) Upper Lightwood Farm Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 2 applications across Broadheath Ward, Martley Ward.

62% of outline 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, due to location, land use and amount, would reduce the existing gap between the north-western extent of the row of dwellings located along the south-western side of Crown East Lane and the dwellings known as ‘Haresfield’ (located approximately 304m to the south- west) and ‘Chardonnet’ (located approximately 310m to the south-west), with the application site’s rear boundary being located approximately 108m and 109m from these dwellings, respectively. As a result of this, and noting that the development would be visible from Lightwood Lane, Bridleway 587(B) and Bridleway 525(B), it is considered that the proposed development and the subsequent domestication of the site, would represent the unwarranted and conspicuous encroachment of built form into the open-countryside, which crucially, would disrupt the dispersed settlement pattern which is characteristic of the landscape type within which the application site is located. In light of this, it is considered that the proposed development would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the local area by way of its location, land use and amount, contrary to Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016), the South Worcestershire Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (March 2018) and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lower Broadheath CP, Cotheridge CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
5 February 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
105 High Street Evesham Wr11 4EB

Planning decision

Case officer
Jack Hanly

Appeal

Appeal reference
6006301
Appeal date
16 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
44

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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