Arceye House Kyre Tenbury Wells WR15 8RW
Refused on 22 May 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Removal of Condition 3 (Agricultural occupancy condition) of Planning Permission Ref: 96/00678/TEN (Site for agricultural workers dwelling on land at the Glasshards).
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Tenbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 May
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Arceye House Kyre Tenbury Wells WR15 8RW. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Tenbury Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WR15 postcode area.
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
- Reasonable efforts should have been made to sell the dwelling at a price that reflects its market value with the agricultural tie in place to ascertain whether there is a continuing need within the locality. No such evidence has been submitted with the application. In the absence of robust evidence the condition still meets the tests for conditions set out within the Planning Practice Guidance. The removal of the condition, without the requisite justification, would run contrary to the principles established under paragraph 79 of the National Planning Policy Framework and undermine Policy SWDPR 24 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review insofar as it seeks to protect the countryside for its intrinsic character, natural beauty and resources for all to enjoy. The removal of agricultural occupancy conditions in this manner would proliferate a pattern of development that fails to minimise the need to travel or promote sustainable transport options, contrary to Policies SWDPR 1, SWDPR 2 and SWDPR 3 and SWDPR 06 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review. Moreover, as the stock of lower priced accommodation available to rural workers would be reduced, it follows that the proposal would also undermine the objective of supporting a prosperous rural economy, as set out in the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework, in particular, paragraph 83.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WR15 8RW
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kyre CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Millers Court Farm Malvern WR13 6AP
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Malvern Hills
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