Wychbold Farm Crown Lane Wychbold WR9 0BX Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/01017/HP - Householder Planning Approved

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, single storey extension to existing garages, remove existing outbuilding, new permeable access drive to frontage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
12 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Wychavon
Application type
Householder Planning
Postcode
WR9 0BX
Received
12 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Dodderhill Ward
Parish
Dodderhill
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Colin Wilcox Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days slower than Wychavon's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 90% of extensions here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
377decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Aug 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