Cowleigh Park Farm Cowleigh Park Cradley Malvern WR13 5HJ Data via plota.co.uk

M/26/01217/FUL - Full planning permission Pending Decision

Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing agricultural building to self-build residential unit Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:51

Application progress

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Received

11 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

8 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Oct 2026 and 24 Oct 2026, from Malvern Hills's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 24

Statements & assessments 3

PDF 02. Supporting Information Ecological Statement · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 02. Supporting Information Energy Statement · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 02. Supporting Information Supporting Statement & WMS · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 11

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form redacted 01. Application Form · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF 09a. Response - Statutory Consultee Attachment Document · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 09. Response - Statutory Consultee WCC Highways · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 09a. Response - Statutory Consultee Attachment Document · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Cowleigh Park Farmhouse, Grade II, about 5 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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape about 70 m away: Malvern Hills

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Also on the record

Public footpath about 30 m away; SSSI about 256 m away: The Malvern Hills SSSI; Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Great Malvern built-up area; 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 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: WR13 5HJ
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: West Ward
Parish: Malvern CP
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Meredith Architectural Design

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Malvern Hills usually decides agricultural works by day 41.

prediction

Day 3125 days to the 56-day target

76%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

52decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 15 Sept 2026
Comments by: 16 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of an existing agricultura…

M/25/00268/GPDQ 23 Apr 2025

2025 Approved

Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of an existing agricultura…

M/25/00268/GPDQ 23 Apr 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

Orienta, 116 Cowleigh Park, Cradley, Worcestershire, WR13 5HJ

Two storey side extension.

16/00762/HOU 4 Jul 2016

2016 Approved

Orienta, 116 Cowleigh Park, Cradley, Worcestershire, WR13 5HJ

Two storey side extension.

16/00762/HOU 4 Jul 2016

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

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