| Application Number | M/25/00864/PIP |
| Status | Application Refused |
| Application Valid |
|---|
| 06/06/2025 |
| Consultation End |
|---|
| 17/07/2025 |
| Committee Meeting |
|---|
| 03/09/2025 |
| Decision |
|---|
| Refusal |
| Decision Date |
|---|
| 08/09/2025 |
| Appeal Started |
|---|
| 05/11/2025 |
| Appeal Decision |
|---|
| Allowed |
| Summary | |
| Application Number | M/25/00864/PIP |
| Location Address | Mayview Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JE |
| Proposal | Permission in Principle for the proposed erection of up to 3 no. dwellings |
| Status | Refusal |
| Application Type | Permission in Principle |
| Appeal Decision | Allowed |
| Important Dates | |
| Application Received Date | 03/06/2025 |
| Application Valid Date | 06/06/2025 |
| Consultation Start Date | 11/06/2025 |
| Site Visited / Site Notice Date | |
| Consultation End | 17/07/2025 |
| Advert Expiry | |
| Committee Date (if applicable) | 03/09/2025 |
| Committee Agenda | Planning Committee Information |
| Decision Date | 08/09/2025 |
| Further Information | |
| Expected Decision Level | Committee |
| Case Officer | Hayley Jones |
| Parish | Knighton on Teme CP |
| Ward | Lindridge Ward |
| Applicant | Mr A Chatham |
| Agent | Ben Greenaway, Greenaway Planning Ltd |
| Agent Address | Greenway Planning Ltd PO Box 937 Worcester WR4 4GS |
| Condition Details / Information Notes |
| Future occupiers of the proposed development would be poorly connected to key services by sustainable travel modes due to an inadequate number of key services being located within walking distance of the application site and an infRequent local bus services. As such, future occupiers would be heavily reliant on a private vehicle. Therefore, the proposed development would occupy an unsustainable location, contrary to Policy SWDP 4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016) and Chapters 2, 8 and 9 of the National Planning Policy Framework. |
| The Following plan & drawings Nos are relevant: Location Plan: 2510_001 (-) |
| Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with this application, the Council has worked with the applicant in the following ways:- Making available policies concerning the location of new housing development for the public to view. In such ways the Council has demonstrated a positive and proactive manner in seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to the planning application. This is in accordance with paragraph 39 of the NPPF. Despite these efforts, the Council still consider that planning permission should be refused for the reasons set out above. |
Plans, drawings and material submitted to the council are protected by the copyright acts (section 47, 1988 act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
Tick here to show you have read and agree with the Copyright Notice.
Document Download Tips
How to reorder or group rows
Click on a column heading for the ability to sort the ‘group’ listing in ascending or descending order by using the up/down arrows. This is useful to sort by ‘name/organisation’.
In addition to consultations with the consultee listed, we will publicise the application in accordance with national requirements and our local policy. This publicity usually takes the form of letters to nearby properties, the posting of site notices and/or the placing of a public notice in our local newspapers.
| Address | Sent | Reply Received |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 11 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 12 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 13 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 14 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 15 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 16 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 | |
| 9 Wyrebrook Orchard Newnham Bridge TENBURY WELLS WR15 8JD | 11/06/2025 |
| Name | Organisation | Sent | Reply Due | Reply Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cllr Douglas Godwin | Lindridge Ward | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Consultation Service | Natural England | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Highways | County Highways | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer | MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Miss R Lambert | Knighton On Teme Parish Council | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Worcester Regulatory Services Contaminated Land | Worcestershire Regulatory Services | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd | Local Medical Committee | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | 11/06/2025 | 25/06/2025 | |
| Miss R Lambert | Knighton On Teme Parish Council | 26/08/2025 |
| Constraints List |
| SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance |
| SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas |
| CIL009 - Non-Urban Area |
| Outside SWDP Development Boundary |
| Area of Special Control of Advertisements |
| Paper: Tenbury Advertiser - Thursday |
| Interferometer Area. Clee Hill - Consultation required for any building structure or works exceeding 45.7m in height above ground level |
| Contaminated Land |
| Local Wildlife Site within 100m: Knighton Disused Railway |
| Local Wildlife Site within 100m: River Rea |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest within 500m |
| Appeals Information | |
| Number | M/25/00864/PIP |
| PINS Appeal Ref | 6001369 |
| Method | Written Representations Procedure |
| Start date | 05/11/2025 |
| LPA Final Comments Due | 24/12/2025 |
| Interested Party Comments Due | 10/12/2025 |
| Inquiry Date | |
| Venue | |
| Decision | Allowed |
| Issue Date | 10/03/2026 |
https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=6001369
Plans, drawings and material submitted to the council are protected by the copyright acts (section 47, 1988 act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
Tick here to show you have read and agree with the Copyright Notice.
Document Download Tips
How to reorder or group rows
Click on a column heading for the ability to sort the ‘group’ listing in ascending or descending order by using the up/down arrows. This is useful to sort by ‘name/organisation’.