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Wells Cottage Alcester Road Wootton Wawen

25/02172/VARYRemoval/Variation of Conds.of Prev. PermRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 5 November 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Variation2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of planning permission 17/02815/FUL, dated 23/11/2017 for changes to approved landscaping, hard surfacing materials, boundary treatments, foul and surface water drainage (retrospective). Original description of development: Erection of two dwellings with associated garages and landscaping.

Received
8 September 2025
Ward
Wootton Wawen
Agent
Bailey Design Limited
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Wells Cottage Alcester Road Wootton Wawen. Stratford on Avon has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Stratford on Avon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Wootton Wawen.

89% of conditions applications at Stratford-on-Avon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application would result in an overly harsh and unsympathetic frontage. The subtle and rural character and rhythm on the east side of Alcester Road would be severely disrupted, resulting in a discordant and inharmonious appearance which is in stark contrast to the prevailing rural character of Alcester Road. The appearance and design of the retaining walls create an overly engineered and imposingly dominating appearance. The expanse of hardstanding results in an unsympathetically suburbanising appearance, which does not represent an appropriate and high quality residential environment. The proposal does not accord with CS.5 or CS.9 of the Stratford-on-Avon Core Strategy (2011-2031).
  2. The proposed extent of hardstanding over the site and lack of compensatory planting has resulted in a severe lack of vegetative habitats within the development and as such the result an adverse impact on biodiversity would arise, contrary to the requirements of CS.26 of the Core Strategy (2011-2031). Case Officer: Joshua Cooper Reference No.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Removal/Variation of Conds.of Prev. Perm
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wootton Wawen

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Consultation expiry
30 October 2025
Consultation start
3 October 2025
Consultation end
24 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 October 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Application expires
30 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Bailey Design Limited
Agent
Bailey Design Limited
Architect profile
BAILEY DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
43A Mitchells Court Lower Gungate Tamworth B79 7AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 October 2025
Site notice end
30 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: Stratford on Avon

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