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Land At (Os 8077 5752) Sailors Bank Lower Broadheath

M/26/00375/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 May 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in Principle for one dwelling

Received
11 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Broadheath Ward
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At (Os 8077 5752) Sailors Bank Lower Broadheath. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days 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 proposed development, by reason of its siting, scale and domestic nature, would fail to respect or integrate with the character of the landscape setting. It would extend built form beyond the defined settlement edge and encroach into the countryside, resulting in loss of woodland and consequent material harm to landscape character and visual amenity, contrary to Policy SWDPR34 Landscape Character of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and Paragraph 187 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor 30 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LX

Additional information

Documents
4

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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© 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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