Hillworth Farm Yardbridge Longdon TEWKESBURY GL20 6AX Data via plota.co.uk

M/25/02022/FUL - Full planning permission Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of existing farm access route to a mixed-use serving the agricultural use and holiday accommodation (approved under planning permission ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Dec 2025
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Validated
5 Jan 2026
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Approved
17 Feb 2026

Approved on 17 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Applewick Cottage, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence about 22 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood).
Not affected
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, 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
Malvern Hills
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
GL20 6AX
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Longdon Ward
Parish
Holdfast CP, Longdon CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Approved
Decision date
17 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
C P W Daniell Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 5 days faster than Malvern Hills's median of 48 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

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
9 Jan 2026
Comments by
13 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Conversion of Barns at Hillworth Farm into Tourist Accommodation to include a Change of U…
M/25/02023/FUL
2025 Approved
Conversion of Barns at Hillworth Farm into Tourist Accommodation to include a Change of U…
M/25/02023/FUL
2018 Approved
Proposed improvement to existing farm access
18/00609/FUL
2018 Approved
Agricultural prior notification for improved access arrangements for a feeding barn and m…
18/00607/AGR
2018 Approved
Agricultural prior notification for improved access arrangements for a feeding barn and m…
18/00607/AGR
2018 Approved
Proposed barn for storage of hay, corn and machinery.
18/00161/AGR
2018 Approved
Proposed barn for storage of hay, corn and machinery.
18/00161/AGR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Longdon Lodge Yardbridge Longdon Tewkesbury GL20 6AX
Erection of garage
21/00279/HP
2016 Approved
Hillworth Lodge, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Proposed side extensions
16/00902/HOU
2016 Approved
Hillworth Lodge, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Proposed side extensions
16/00902/HOU
2016 Approved
Hillworth Farm, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Application for approval of details reserved by condition - Condition 11 of Listed Buildi…
16/00974/CCO
2016 Approved
Hillworth Farm, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Application for approval of details reserved by condition - conditions 5, 6 and 8 on List…
16/00437/CCO
2016 Approved
Hillworth Farm, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Application for approval of details reserved by condition - Condition 11 of Listed Buildi…
16/00974/CCO
2016 Approved
Hillworth Farm, Yardbridge, Longdon, Worcestershire, GL20 6AX
Application for approval of details reserved by condition - conditions 5, 6 and 8 on List…
16/00437/CCO
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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings