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25/00900/S73 - Section 73 Application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 11 May 2026. The council has not issued its decision notice yet.

Proposal

Variation of condition 27 of planning permission : FROM: No more than 99 dwellings shall be occupied until the junction of the A448/ Whitford Road/ Perryfields Road has been altered in accordance with the plan Whitford Road/ Perryfields Road proposed junction arrangement ref -D-014, and until a pedestrian crossing on the A448 has been provided in accordance with the plan Potential A448 signalised crossing ref 7033-SK-015 revision A. AMEND TO: No more than 250 dwellings shall be occupied until the junction of the A448/ Whitford Road/ Perryfields Road has been altered in accordance with the plan Whitford Road/ Perryfields Road proposed junction arrangement ref -D-014, and until a pedestrian crossing on the A448 has been provided in accordance with the plan Potential A448 signalised crossing ref 7033-SK-015 revision A. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Aug 2025
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Validated
30 Sept 2025
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Consultation
9 Mar 2026
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Committee
11 May 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Feb 2026.

The consultation period closed on 23 Mar 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Bromsgrove Planning Committee on 11 May 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Officers recommended approval, noting the highways authority and its consultants raised no objection to the variation.
  • The Bromsgrove Society and a member of the public objected over traffic congestion, while the ward councillor spoke against the scheme before leaving the room.
  • The committee granted the variation, agreeing the change would not cause a severe impact on the highway network.
Read how the committee decided The highways evidence behind approval of this occupancy threshold increase.

Source: Plota analysis of Bromsgrove's committee minutes of 11 May 2026.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Bristol). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2; the survey is the definitive reading.
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.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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.

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Important details

Council
Bromsgrove
Application type
Section 73 Application
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
30 Sept 2025
Ward
Hill Top Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Feb 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cerda Planning Limited

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14182589
Planning Portal ref
PP-14182589
Consultation
9 Mar 2026
Comments by
23 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
7 Nov 2025
Committee
11 May 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Feb 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