Holywell Chapel Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use of 'The Chapel' from dwellinghouse (C3) to Events and Activity space associated with 'The Cottage in the Wood Hotel' (C1) including associated parking Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 7 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Malvern Hills Southern Area Planning Committee on 24 Jun 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal supported rural business growth and its effects were neutral or manageable through conditions.
- The parish council, highway authority, civic society and residents raised concerns about traffic, parking, noise, amenity and the protected landscape.
- The committee voted 5 to 4 to approve the application in line with the officer recommendation, subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Malvern Hills's committee minutes of 24 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 7
Checked on 11 September 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £990,000 in September 2024. Detached house, freehold.
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
- WR14 4LE
- Received
- 8 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Castlemorton, Welland & Wells Ward
- Parish
- Malvern Wells CP
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Application Approved
- Decision date
- 26 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Boughton Butler
How this decision compares
Decided in 169 days from validation, 121 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 48 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.
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
- 9 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 17 Feb 2026
- Committee
- 24 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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