Festival House Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/00257/GPJ - GPJ - installation/alteration Solar PV Approved
Solar & renewablesCommercial premises

Proposal

Prior Approval Notification for the installation of solar PVs at the existing ALDI Foodstore Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Feb 2026
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Approved

Approved on · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). From a field survey (Bristol). The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Great Malvern built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Malvern Hills
Application type
GPJ - installation/alteration Solar PV
Postcode
WR14 1GD
Received
22 Feb 2026
Validated
22 Feb 2026
Ward
Link Ward
Parish
Malvern CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Approved
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Avison Young

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
One internally illuminated doubled faced, double post mounted logo sign. (Sign D) One ext…
M/22/01491/ADV
2022 Approved
One internally illuminated doubled faced, double post mounted logo sign. (Sign D) One ext…
M/22/01491/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Land at (OS 7945 4793) Chequers Close Malvern
Proposed erection of a five unit light industrial building
M/22/00524/FUL
2022 Approved
Land at (OS 7945 4793) Chequers Close Malvern
Proposed erection of a five unit light industrial building
M/22/00524/FUL
2022 Approved
Partnership House Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Two internally illuminated wall hanging signs mounted to the face of the building (Sign A…
M/22/00734/ADV
2022 Approved
Partnership House Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Two internally illuminated wall hanging signs mounted to the face of the building (Sign A…
M/22/00734/ADV
2021 Approved
Partnership House Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Demolition of existing buildings, and erection of a Class E foodstore with access, car pa…
21/00668/FUL
2021 Approved
Partnership House Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Demolition of existing buildings, and erection of a Class E foodstore with access, car pa…
21/00668/FUL
2016 Approved
Unit 4, Malvern Business Centre, Betony Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1GS
Change of use from B1 (Light Industrial) to B1 (Light Industrial) and D2 (Dance Studio).
16/01664/FUL
2016 Approved
Unit 4, Malvern Business Centre, Betony Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1GS
Change of use from B1 (Light Industrial) to B1 (Light Industrial) and D2 (Dance Studio).
16/01664/FUL
Malvern Hills
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#120 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Malvern Hills is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #45 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Malvern Hills decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #251 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #232 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #45 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #121 of 296
57%
Minor dwellings approved
148 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
744
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings