The Old Fire Station Teme Street Tenbury Wells WR15 8AE Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Proposed internal and external alterations to facilitate the change of use of the premises to form a commercial unit (Class E) in the north half of the ground floor and one self-contained unit of residential accommodation in the remainder, including installation of solar panels to the rear east facing roof slope, erection of external bin and cycle store and alterations to boundary railings to facilitate one off road parking space and pedestrian gate. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Validated
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Nov 2026 and 22 Nov 2026, from Malvern Hills's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Documents 21

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Site constraints 8

23 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 55-61, Teme Street, Grade II, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 113 m away: Tenbury Bridge
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 111 m away: River Teme SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Tenbury Wells 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
Not green belt

Checked on 10 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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
WR15 8AE
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
Tenbury Ward
Parish
Tenbury CP
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Tompkins Thomas Planning

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Malvern Hills usually decides changes of use by day 48.

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target
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
8 Oct 2026
Comments by
5 Nov 2026
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