Walnut Barn 47A Main Street Bretforton Evesham WR11 7JH Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/02026/CLPU - Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed use Pending

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garden room Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
30 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Oct 2026, from Wychavon's recent extensions. Comments are open until 24 Sept 2026.

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Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Bretforton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Bretforton built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Wychavon
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed use
Postcode
WR11 7JH
Received
30 Aug 2026
Validated
30 Aug 2026
Ward
Bretforton & Offenham Ward
Parish
Bretforton
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Andrew Astley

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Wychavon usually decides extensions by day 52.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
82%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
377decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Wychavon in the last twelve months, from validation. Wychavon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Sept 2026
Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Wychavon
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#86 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wychavon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #19 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wychavon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #202 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #186 of 296
88%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #19 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #117 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
98%
Major dwellings approved
42 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
54 decided
1,082
Total decisions
151 refused in the year to March 2026