137 Barnards Green Road Malvern Data via plota.co.uk

M/25/01984/GPMAE - GPMAE - Commercial, Business and Services uses to Dwellinghouses Approved

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of Class E building to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to create 1no. apartment at ground floor Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
11 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
5 Feb 2026

Approved on 5 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Great Malvern built-up area; Open access land about 20 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Malvern Hills - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
GPMAE - Commercial, Business and Services uses to Dwellinghouses
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
11 Dec 2025
Ward
Barnards Green Ward
Parish
Malvern CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
5 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
AddisonRees Planning Consultancy Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 18 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 38 for prior approvals. Approved, as 80% of prior approvals here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Dec 2025
Comments by
10 Jan 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