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The Observatory Sheriffs Lench

W/25/01998/CCOCondition DischargeApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 November 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 7 (Photographic records of internal & external surfaces) and 8 (WSI) of Planning Permission application number W/22/00307/FUL

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harvington & Norton Ward
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Observatory Sheriffs Lench. Wychavon has handled 367 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Wychavon's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Lench conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Harvington & Norton Ward. We hold 1,694 applications in total for the WR11 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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
WR11 4UF
Application type
Condition Discharge
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Lenches

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
14 October 2025
Consultation start
23 September 2025
Consultation end
14 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Orchard Yard Low Road Church Lench Evesham Worcestershire WR11 4SN

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Church Lench
  • 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 (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: Wychavon

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