Rowley Farm Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/00697/FUL - Full planning permission Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Personal permission for use of land as a caravan site for the stationing of a twin-unit lodge for dependant relative accommodation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 May 2026
✓
Validated
29 May 2026
✗
Refused
10 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 10 Aug 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 3a
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 3; Priority habitat about 29 m away: Traditional orchard.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £320,000 in December 2002. Detached house, freehold.

9 December 2002£320,000

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

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Important details

Council
Malvern Hills
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
WR6 6AG
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Lindridge Ward
Parish
Pensax CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lovatt and Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 19 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 54 for extensions. Refused, as 12% 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
4 Jun 2026
Comments by
2 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Application for Lawful Development Certificate - land has been used as garden by the asso…
M/25/01353/CLE
2025 Approved
Application for Lawful Development Certificate - land has been used as garden by the asso…
M/25/01353/CLE
2017 Approved
Covered storage area over existing concrete base
17/01888/FUL
2017 Approved
Covered storage area over existing concrete base
17/01888/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Two-storey rear extension and single-storey side extension
M/24/01082/HP
2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Two-storey rear extension and single-storey side extension
M/24/01082/HP
2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Prior Notification for a Larger Home Extension – Single storey rear extension
M/24/00699/GPDE
2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Prior Notification for a Larger Home Extension – Single storey rear extension
M/24/00699/GPDE
2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed domestic side extension and front porch
M/24/00698/CLPU
2024 Approved
123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed domestic side extension and front porch
M/24/00698/CLPU
2022 Approved
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Variation of condition 2 on planning approval M/22/00099/CU - Change of use of land for t…
M/22/01745/CU
2022 Approved
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Variation of condition 2 on planning approval M/22/00099/CU - Change of use of land for t…
M/22/01745/CU
2022 Approved
Fieldview B4202 Pensax Pensax Abberley Worcestershire WR6 6AG
Certificate of Lawfulness Development for proposed rear "shed" dormer
M/22/01290/CLPU
2022 Approved
Fieldview B4202 Pensax Pensax Abberley Worcestershire WR6 6AG
Certificate of Lawfulness Development for proposed rear "shed" dormer
M/22/01290/CLPU
2022 Refused
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission M/22/00…
M/22/01566/NMA
2022 Refused
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission M/22/00…
M/22/01566/NMA
2022 Approved
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Change of use of land for the siting of 2no. holiday let units
M/22/00099/CU
2022 Approved
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Change of use of land for the siting of 2no. holiday let units
M/22/00099/CU
2021 Withdrawn
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Change of use of land for the siting of 1 cabin to be used as holiday accommodation
21/00515/CU
2021 Withdrawn
Spring Meadow Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Change of use of land for the siting of 1 cabin to be used as holiday accommodation
21/00515/CU
2017 Approved
Rowley Forge Cottage, 124, Pensax, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AG
Detached two storey double garage.
17/00387/HP
2017 Approved
Rowley Forge Cottage, 124, Pensax, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AG
Detached two storey double garage.
17/00387/HP
2016 Approved
Spring Meadow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Creation of Agricultural track (retrospective)
16/00247/FUL
2016 Approved
Spring Meadow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Creation of Agricultural track (retrospective)
16/00247/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
Spring Meadow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed side extension
16/00420/CPU
2016 Withdrawn
Spring Meadow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed side extension
16/00420/CPU
2016 Approved
Rowley Farm Bungalow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Raise roof of existing bungalow to allow for first floor extension. Internal alterations…
16/01294/HOU
2016 Approved
Rowley Farm Bungalow, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Raise roof of existing bungalow to allow for first floor extension. Internal alterations…
16/01294/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
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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