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Borders Farm Croome Road Besford Worcester WR8 9AS

19/02715/GPDQGPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 February 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwelling House (Class C3) and for Associated Operational Development

Received
18 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eckington Ward - Pre 01/05/23
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Borders Farm Croome Road Besford Worcester WR8 9AS. Wychavon has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Wychavon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 633 applications in total for the WR8 postcode area.

88% of all applications at Wychavon 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 9AS
Application type
GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Defford

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2020
Consultation expiry
3 February 2020
Consultation start
8 January 2020
Consultation end
3 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Strensham Business Park Strensham Worcetser WR8 9JZ

Publicity

Site notice start
13 January 2020

Additional information

Documents
27

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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: Wychavon

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