Land At (Os 8067 5729) Frenchlands Lane Lower Broadheath Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/00381/FUL - Full planning permission Approved
New homes

Proposal

Construction of three detached dwellings including garaging and access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Mar 2026
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Validated
18 Mar 2026
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Approved
30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

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Important details

Council
Malvern Hills
Application type
Full planning permission
Received
12 Mar 2026
Validated
18 Mar 2026
Ward
Broadheath Ward
Parish
Lower Broadheath CP
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Boughton Butler

How this decision compares

Decided in 104 days from validation, 60 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 44 for new homes. Approved, as 47% of new homes here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
47%approved
74decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 Mar 2026
Comments by
18 Apr 2026
Malvern Hills
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#120 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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