Land At (Os 0277 5140) Low Road Church Lench Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/00734/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved
New homes

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of a single dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2026
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Approved
29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 976 m away: Arrow Valley Solar, at pre-application.
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Wychavon
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
WR11 4UH
Received
31 Mar 2026
Validated
31 Mar 2026
Ward
Inkberrow Ward
Parish
South Lenches
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
29 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Avon Planning Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, 6 days slower than Wychavon's median of 53 for new homes. Approved, as 51% of new homes here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
51%approved
172decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Wychavon in the last twelve months, from validation. Wychavon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Apr 2026
Comments by
22 Apr 2026
Wychavon
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#86 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wychavon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #19 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Wychavon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #202 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #186 of 296
88%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #19 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #117 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
98%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
54 decided
1,082
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings