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The Smithy Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BS

M/26/01287/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 November 2026

Council decision: Approval4 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of land from equestrian use to form extended domestic garden and for the change of use of one building and erection of two new outbuildings for purposes incidental to the existing dwellinghouse, following the demolition of other existing buildings. (part retrospective)

Received
25 August 2026
Ward
Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The Smithy Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BS. Malvern Hills has handled 57 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 postcode area.

94% of full planning permission 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
WR13 6BS
Application type
Full planning permission
Parish
Castlemorton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Site Chosen View Road Cheltenham GL51 9LT

Planning decision

Case officer
Benjamin Sparrey

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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