Land At (Os 8023 5997) Monkwood Green Hallow Data via plota.co.uk

M/25/01241/GPDQ - GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse Refused

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the proposed change of use of an Agricultural Building to 2no dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Oct 2026, 18:13

Application progress

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Received

6 Aug 2025

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Refused

25 Sept 2025

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Appeal allowed

30 Mar 2026

Refused on 25 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 25

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: The Dallows, Grade II, about 24 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 ↗

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Scheduled monument about 129 m away: Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley village

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 19 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 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: GPDQ - agricultural to C3 dwellinghouse
Received: 6 Aug 2025
Validated: 6 Aug 2025
Ward: Hallow & Holt Ward
Parish: Grimley CP
Case officer: Show
Decision: Dismissed
Decision date: 25 Sept 2025
Decision level: Delegated
Appeal: Allowed · 30 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001553 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: a.i.architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 12 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 38 for prior approvals. Refused, as 20% of prior approvals here are.

This one50d

Council38d

UK34d

92%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 8 Aug 2025
Comments by: 3 Sept 2025

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

Land At (Os 8023 5997) Monkwood Green Hallow Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 5

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 7

Site constraints 4

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates