Grange Cottage Chatley Lane Chatley Hawford Worcester WR3 7SG

1. 1., I hereby refuse the following plans/information as a non-material amendment to the above planning permission. The amendment is for the:- Existing brickwork to be rendered A non material amendment only allows amendments to a planning proposal that has been granted planning permission. There is no provision to grant a non material amendment to alter the existing dwellinghouse that was not included as part of the original planning permission. The original description of development relevant to the application W/25/02033/HP was for the following: - Two storey rear extension with single storey wrap-around to left side, single storey side extension to right side, and replacement garden outbuilding. To render the existing property was not included in the description. It is stated that the proposal was to include repainting the existing property, however, as the existing materials within the dwellinghouse is facing brickwork which has been painted, this is not operational development and would not require planning permission to repaint the brickwork and as such the existing dwellinghouse can be repainted without requiring planning permission or the implementation of planning application W/25/02033/HP. However, in terms of alterations to the existing dwellinghouse to apply render, I have checked the planning history for the site and confirm that the dwelling benefits from permitted development rights, therefore, based on the information submitted I have assessed the proposed development under Schedule 2, part 1 (development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse), Class A (enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended and planning permission would not be required provided that the following condition is met; a) The materials used in any exterior works (other than materials used in the construction of a conservatory or flat roof) must be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwelling house; Condition (a) above is intended to ensure that any works to enlarge, alter or improve a house result in an appearance that minimises the visual impact and is sympathetic to existing development. In this case, whilst the facing brickwork has been painted over in the past this does not physically alter the appearance of the building as the paintwork still allows the original brickwork pattern to be easily defined. The building is first depicted on the Epoch 1:1st County Series Survey Published 1843-1893 and as such dates back to the C19 and it is evident that render was not used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse and due to its solid texture would not allow the existing brickwork to be easily defined and as such would materially change the exterior appearance of the main dwellinghouse and would not be deemed as permitted development under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A. As planning permission would be required for the inclusion of render to be installed to the exterior of the original dwellinghouse and which was not included as part of the original proposal, the submission of either a non material amendment application or an application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to amend the description of the approved application W/25/02033/HP would not be the correct mechanism to make these changes and a separate householder planning application would need to be submitted if the applicant wished to pursue the installation of render to the existing dwellinghouse. As such, I would advise that a planning application should be submitted should you wish the Council to formally consider the acceptability of the proposal.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WR3 7SG

Application type

Non Material Amendment

Parish

Ombersley

Date validated

25 August 2026

Applicant

Private applicant

Agent address

Merrington House 9 The Green Cutnall Green Droitwich WR9 0PW

Case officer

Karen Wightman (Mrs)