Coventry Barn Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JA Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/00818/FUL - Full planning permission Pending Decision

Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a care home (Class C2) for three children. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 May 2026
Decision
Target date was 23 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 17 Aug 2026; it is now day 154.

The consultation period closed on 17 Aug 2026.

Documents 50

Other documents 33

IMG 02. Supporting Information Photo of external space 1 · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG 02. Supporting Information Photo of external space 2 · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WCC Sufficiency Letter 3 Counties Children's Services 02. Supporting Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Johanne Wain Broughton House, 47 Severn Stoke, WORCESTER, WR8 9JA Document · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗
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PDF Appendix 1 Written Statements Uk Parliament 02. Supporting Information · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix 2 Wcc Placements Report (27 September 2023) 02. Supporting Information · 28 May 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Moles Cottage, Grade II, about 22 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade II
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.
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Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 228 m away: Croome Court.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
WR8 9JA
Received
28 May 2026
Validated
28 May 2026
Ward
Kempsey Ward
Parish
Severn Stoke CP
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Greenaway Planning Limited

Decision outlook

Day 154, past the statutory target. 88% of changes of use in Malvern Hills are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 15498 days past the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
54decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Jun 2026
Comments by
17 Aug 2026
Malvern Hills
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#120 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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