Land At (Os 7833 5108) Leigh Sinton Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed community centre, car parking and public space including 3 grass football pitches, hard surfaced multi-use games area, outdoor gym and attenuation pond, with access from existing estate road serving the adjacent housing development. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Committee · Last checked 13 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Malvern Hills Northern Area Planning Committee on 2 Sept 2026.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because social and economic benefits outweighed limited landscape harm, subject to conditions.
- Members unanimously approved planning permission by 11 votes to nil, with two additional conditions on boundaries and existing trees.
Source: Plota analysis of Malvern Hills's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.
Site constraints 4
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Malvern Hills
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- WR13
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick Ward
- Parish
- Leigh CP
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Approval
- Decision date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Malvern Hills District Council
How this decision compares
Decided in 85 days from validation, 34 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 51 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 88% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Malvern Hills in the last twelve months, from validation. Malvern Hills decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 16 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 30 Aug 2026
- Committee
- 2 Sept 2026
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%).
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