Interfields Equestrian Lower Interfields Malvern WR14 1UU Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/00700/FUL - Full planning permission Pending Decision

Proposal

Change of use of part of a building from mixed agricultural and equestrian use to residential (Use Class C3) forming a single storey extension to the existing dwelling, facilitated by the installation of external doors. (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 May 2026
✓
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 26 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 26 Aug 2026; it is now day 120.

The consultation period closed on 26 Aug 2026.

Documents 20

Other documents 3

PDF Name hidden Show Document · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Document · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF 02. Supporting Information Covering Letter (redacted) · 11 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Public footpath about 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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
SSSI about 456 m away: Aileshurst Coppice SSSI.
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 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
WR14 1UU
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick Ward
Parish
Leigh CP
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
North & Letherby

Decision outlook

Day 120, 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 12064 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
7 Jul 2026
Comments by
26 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