Upper Hook Farm Hook Common Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AX
Refused on 17 August 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed erection of a single freestanding agricultural polytunnel within an existing agricultural paddock.
- Received
- 29 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Upton & Ripple Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Jun
- ValidatedValidated1 Jul
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Aug
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Upper Hook Farm Hook Common Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AX. Malvern Hills has handled 213 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Malvern Hills's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Upton & Ripple Ward. We hold 633 applications in total for the WR8 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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Application details
- Postcode
- WR8 0AX
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Upton-upon-Severn CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Upper Hook Farm Hook Common Hanley Castle WR8 0AX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Benjamin Sparrey
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 (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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202025 Aug
Works to convert 4 grain silos within the curtilage of the listed building to form new visitor accommodation.
RefusedChange of use20/01259/CU - 200124 Oct
Alterations to windows, general window repairs and replacement. Rebuilding of existing porch and cellar…
ApprovedListed building consent01/01224/LBC - 200111 Apr
Alteration to position of existing windows. Tile hanging to rendered gable at rear. New rooflights
ApprovedListed building consent01/00433/LBC
Source: Malvern Hills
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