Haddons Acre Station Road Offenham Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/02416/FUL - Full planning permission Pending Decision

Proposal

Change of use from Class E commercial, business and service use to Class F.1(a) to school for children with special education needs, together with associated site works, including: new fencing, gates, car park rearrangement, play area and new landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 15 Dec 2026, from Wychavon's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 20

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Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Offenham built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1467 m away: Arrow Valley Solar, at pre-application; 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 21 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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Wychavon
Application type
Full planning permission
Received
14 Oct 2026
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Ward
Bretforton & Offenham Ward
Parish
Offenham
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Firstplan

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Wychavon usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
87decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wychavon in the last twelve months, from validation. Wychavon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Oct 2026
Comments by
10 Nov 2026
Wychavon
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#86 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Wychavon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #19 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wychavon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #202 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #186 of 296
88%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #19 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #117 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
98%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
54 decided
1,082
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026