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The Laurels Kerswell Green Worcester WR5 3PE

M/26/00425/HPHouseholder PlanningRefused
Householder

Refused on 10 August 2026

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

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

Proposal

Erection of an annex outbuilding

Received
19 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kempsey Ward
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Laurels Kerswell Green Worcester WR5 3PE. Malvern Hills has handled 1,246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks longer than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Kempsey Ward. We hold 515 applications in total for the WR5 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. The proposed annexe, by reason of its detached siting and substantial separation from the host dwelling, would not maintain sufficiently close physical or functional relationship with the main dwelling to demonstrate that it would remain ancillary and dependant upon it with the facilities indicated on the proposed plan. Accordingly, the proposal would be contrary to Policy SWDPR 03 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WR5 3PE
Application type
Householder Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kempsey CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 May 2026
Consultation start
23 March 2026
Consultation end
9 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
High Street Pershore WR10 1EE

Additional information

Documents
18

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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