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Orchard Lodge Cottage Lane Shernal Green Droitwich Spa WR9 7JS

W/26/00089/CLECertificate of Lawfulness ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 5 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for land to use as existing stables, horse yard and manège

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bowbrook Ward
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Orchard Lodge Cottage Lane Shernal Green Droitwich Spa WR9 7JS. Wychavon has handled 679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wychavon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Bowbrook Ward. We hold 1,690 applications in total for the WR9 postcode area.

87% of amendment 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
WR9 7JS
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Himbleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
STEVE HASKEY DESIGN LTD
Agent address
20 St John Street Bromsgrove B61 8QY

Planning decision

Case officer
Isabelle Badland

Additional information

Documents
8

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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