Land West Of Skylark Street Skylark Street Cofton Hackett Worcestershire Data via plota.co.uk

26/00907/OUT - Outline Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline application for the construction of up to 115 dwellings comprising a mix of market and affordable housing (Use Class C3) with associated car parking; landscaping works including public realm, multi-functional green infrastructure, formal and informal publicly accessible open space with equipped natural play spaces; drainage basin features; associated infrastructure including site preparatory works, utilities and highways; and other associated highways works, with matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale being indicative and reserved for future consideration, except for details of means of access to the site from Skylark Street. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
4 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
11 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 3 Nov 2026 and 12 Nov 2026, from Bromsgrove's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 25 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 33

Statements & assessments 18

PDF ECONOMIC STATEMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS - UPDATED COFTON HACKETT - ECONOMIC STATEMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS - UPDATED Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY GCS-RLL-1643-1 Plans · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - COFTON HACKETT_P03_JC_IB Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT 16943A-10-R02-03-F AIR QUALITY Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY 22625-RLL-24-XX-RP-C-0001 P04 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC SPREADSHEET APP C THE_STATUTORY_METRIC_MACRO_DISABLED_1.0.4 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG REPORT LAND AT COFTON HACKETT- BNG (FOR ISSUE) Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT LAND AT COFTON HACKETT-EAR FINAL V3 REDUCED Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY & ENERGY STATEMENT - REV A COFTON HACKETT, BROMSGROVE - SUSTAINABILITY & ENERGY STATEMENT - REV A Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILT HERITAGE STATEMENT V5 PART 1 COFTONHACKETT_BUILTHERITAGESTATEMENT_V5_PART1 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILT HERITAGE STATEMENT V5 PART 2 COFTONHACKETT_BUILTHERITAGESTATEMENT_V5_PART2 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 1 COFTON HACKETT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL DBA V5 AUG26R_PART1 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 2 COFTON HACKETT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL DBA V5 AUG26R_PART2 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT R002V3_EN_LVIA_P25-1696 COFTON HACKETT FINAL Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT V1.3 26.08.26 20250614-0 R1 NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT V1.3 26.08.26 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COFTON HACKETT, MILLER HOMES - SCI - 21 AUGUST 2026 Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT UPDATED TO REFLECT NPPF 2026 COFTON HACKETT PLANNING STATEMENT AUGUST 2026 _ FINAL _ APPENDICES Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT 332612993 TA_FINAL_AUG 26-COMPRESSED Supporting Information · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
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
Priority habitat 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 Bromsgrove - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Bromsgrove
Application type
Outline Application
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Cofton Ward
Parish
Cofton Hackett Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tetra Tech Consulting Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 91-day target. Bromsgrove usually decides new homes by day 56.

Day 2863 days to the 91-day target
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

52comments received
50 objecting2 neutral

96% object · above the UK average of 74%

50 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15126006
Planning Portal ref
PP-15126006
Neighbours
21 Sept 2026
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
25 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bromsgrove
Planning Authority Score
6.3/10
Average
#87 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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