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Land At Os 8078 5740 Sailors Bank Lower Broadheath

M/26/00302/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 April 2026

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

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Proposal

Permission in Principle for the construction of between 3 and 4 dwellings

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadheath Ward
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Os 8078 5740 Sailors Bank Lower Broadheath. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 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 33 applications across Broadheath 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. South Worcestershire Development Plan Review policies SWDPR 02 & SWDP03 set out that the development strategy for the adopted plan is to provide for and facilitate the delivery of sufficient housing to meet objectively assessed needs to 2041. The council can demonstrate a deliverable 5 years supply of housing land to meet this identified need. The application site lies within the open countryside as defined by SWDPR 03, where new development is strictly controlled and limited to specific uses none of which apply in this case. The primacy of an up-to-date development plan is enshrined in paragraph 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. In this case, the proposed development, due to its location outside of the settlement boundaries defined within the South Worcestershire Development Plan, conflicts with the strategy established under Policy SWDPR 03.
  2. The application site is distinctly separate from the built up area to the north east of the Martley Road and would appear unrelated to it and out of keeping with the dispersed settlement pattern to the south west. The topography of the land means that the site sits above the level of the road and development would be visually dominant in this location. The development could not be absorbed within the surrounding landscape without having a significant adverse landscape and visual impact and this harm could not be overcome through further consideration at the technical details stage contrary to SWDPR 34 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review.
  3. Notwithstanding the general harm to character and appearance of the area of any development on the site it is noted that the existing development on the opposite side of the B4204 is at a higher density. The amount of development proposed would not represent an effective use of land contrary to the Government’s objective to boost the supply of housing. The proposal is therefore contrary to policy SWDPR 16 (Effective use of Land) of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and the National Planning Policy Framework (Dec 2024) and in particular paragraph 130.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Open Space Chequers Close Enigma Park Malvern WR14 1GP

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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