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M/26/00359/AGR - Agricultural/Forestry/PropRoad Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior notification for the formation, alteration or maintenance of private ways for agricultural or forestry use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
7 Apr 2026

Approved on 7 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: North Lodge, Grade II, about 55 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Agricultural/Forestry/PropRoad
Postcode
WR6 6AS
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Ward
Baldwin Ward
Parish
Abberley CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
7 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Weatherall Brown Rural Consultancy

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 13 days faster than Malvern Hills's median of 41 for agricultural works. Approved, as 84% of agricultural works here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
52decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
23 Mar 2026
Comments by
6 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
72 Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Certificate of Lawfulness Development of proposed replacement doors and windows.
M/25/01877/CLPU
2025 Refused
72 Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Certificate of Lawfulness Development of proposed replacement doors and windows.
M/25/01877/CLPU
2020 Approved
Westlyn Old Farm Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission 19/00741/HP for the reduc…
20/00326/NMA
2020 Approved
Westlyn Old Farm Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission 19/00741/HP for the reduc…
20/00326/NMA
2019 Approved
Westlyn Old Farm Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Rear extensions and internal modifications and changes. Extension to existing garage.
19/00741/HP
2019 Approved
Westlyn Old Farm Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Rear extensions and internal modifications and changes. Extension to existing garage.
19/00741/HP
2017 Approved
Properties 71 And 72 Stockton Road Abberley
Single storey rear extension to both 71 & 72 Stockton Road to provide additional living s…
17/01927/FUL
2017 Approved
Properties 71 And 72 Stockton Road Abberley
Single storey rear extension to both 71 & 72 Stockton Road to provide additional living s…
17/01927/FUL
2016 Approved
Five Ways, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AS
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the continued use of a mobile home
16/01532/CLE
2016 Approved
Five Ways, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AS
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the continued use of a mobile home
16/01532/CLE
2016 Approved
3 Abberley Park, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AW
Replacement of window with bi-fold doors in southern elevation.
16/00950/HOU
2016 Approved
3 Abberley Park, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AW
Replacement of window with bi-fold doors in southern elevation.
16/00950/HOU
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