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Land At Os 8082 6327, Witley Road, Holt Heath

M/26/00627/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 June 2026

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

Proposal

Erection of 2 live/work units and associated parking

Received
23 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hallow & Holt Ward
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at LAND AT OS 8082 6327, WITLEY ROAD, HOLT HEATH. Malvern Hills has handled 1,246 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Hallow & Holt Ward.

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of it not being located within or adjacent the village of Holt Heath; not involving an existing, established and economically viable business(es) that has been trading for at least three years and not addressing the requirement of Annex D of the SWDPR would not meet the conditions that are set out for live-work unit(s) and as such would be to the detriment of the open countryside and the development plans spatial hierarchy. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies SWDPR 1, SWDPR 3, SWDPR 28 and SWDPR 15 (Part 4 criterion i, ii, and x.) of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review, adopted March 2026.
  2. The application site is located in the open countryside where sustainable travel choices are limited. Furthermore, as the site is poorly related to local services, this would increase the need for journeys to be made by the private motor vehicle. As such the proposal would not be sustainable in terms of location and is contrary to Policies SWDPR 03, 06 and 28 B iv. of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review (2026) and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework, Chapter 9, particularly paragraph 110 that require development to minimise the demand for travel and offer genuinely sustainable travel choices.
  3. No mechanism (a section 106 agreement or UU) has been entered into to secure a BNG monitoring fee. As such the application is contrary to Policies SWDPR 29 and SWDPR 30 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holt CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation start
27 April 2026
Consultation end
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Documents
15

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.

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