Land At St Leonards Grange Church Hill Beoley Worcestershire Data via plota.co.uk

26/00889/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

The erection of up to nine houses Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
28 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
4 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
28 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Scheduled monument about 122 m away: The Mount
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Redditch built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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

Council
Bromsgrove
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
B98 9AR
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Alvechurch South Ward
Parish
Beoley Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Permission in Principle Refusal
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Stansgate Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 6 days slower than Bromsgrove's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 14% of new homes here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
65decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Bromsgrove in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromsgrove decision record →

Public comments

8comments received
7 objecting1 neutral

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
30 Jul 2026
Consultation
4 Aug 2026
Comments by
28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bromsgrove
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#87 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bromsgrove ranks #157 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bromsgrove decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #34 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #51 of 296
63%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #157 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #126 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
59 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
13 decided
476
Total decisions
27 refused in the year to March 2026