Grove House Bransford Worcester WR6 5JN Data via plota.co.uk

M/25/01752/HP - Householder Planning Approved

Proposal

Alterations to front elevation including new entrance canopy and changes to facade finishes Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Nov 2025
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Validated
19 Jan 2026
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Approved
6 Mar 2026

Approved on 6 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 299 m away: River Teme SSSI; Inside the Bransford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £712,500 in June 2025. Detached house, freehold.

6 June 2025£712,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Householder Planning
Postcode
WR6 5JN
Received
6 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Ward
Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick Ward
Parish
Bransford CP
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
6 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 8 days faster than Malvern Hills's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 88% of extensions here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
334decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Malvern Hills in the last twelve months, from validation. Malvern Hills decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Jan 2026
Comments by
18 Feb 2026
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.