| Application Number | M/25/01861/FUL |
| Status | Application Refused |
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Valid24/11/2025 -
Consultation
End28/12/2025 -
Committee
Meeting21/01/2026 -
Decision Refusal -
Decision
Date28/01/2026 -
Appeal
Started04/06/2026 -
Appeal
DecisionN/A
| Summary | |
| Application Number | M/25/01861/FUL |
| Location Address | Old Post Office Hollybush Ledbury HR8 1ET |
| Proposal | Construction of 1 self-build/custom build single storey dwelling, including parking, ramped access and landscaping |
| Status | Refusal |
| Application Type | Full planning permission |
| Appeal Decision | N/A |
| Important Dates | |
| Application Received Date | 19/11/2025 |
| Application Valid Date | 24/11/2025 |
| Consultation Start Date | 25/11/2025 |
| Site Visited / Site Notice Date | |
| Consultation End | 28/12/2025 |
| Advert Expiry | 28/12/2025 |
| Committee Date (if applicable) | 21/01/2026 |
| Committee Agenda | Planning Committee Information |
| Decision Date | 28/01/2026 |
| Further Information | |
| Expected Decision Level | Committee |
| Case Officer | Joshua Evans |
| Parish | Berrow CP |
| Ward | Longdon Ward |
| Applicant | John Limb and Imogen Puddock |
| Agent | Mr Dan Stiff, Boughton Butler |
| Agent Address | 30 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LX |
| Condition Details / Information Notes |
| The proposal would result in the unjustified built development in the open countryside. The development would cause harm to, and erode, the open and rural character of the surrounding landscape. The development would therefore fail to preserve or enhance the landscape, setting, and character of the National Landscape and would not positively contribute to the areas rural nature, contrary to Policies SWDP1, SWDP2, SWDP23, and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016), and the National Planning Policy Framework |
| Future occupiers of the proposed development would be poorly connected to key services by sustainable travel modes and heavily reliant on a motor vehicle due to the poor standard of the local walking and cycling environment, and the location of the application site in relation to bus stops. Therefore, the proposed development would occupy an unsustainable location, contrary to Policies SWDP 2 and SWDP 4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016) and the National Planning Policy Framework. |
| In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way. We have made available detailed advice in the form of our statutory policies in the Development Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents and provided the applicant with the opportunity to engage with the Council's pre-application advice service. Despite these efforts, the Council still consider that permission in principle should be refused for the reasons set out within the decision notice. |
| This decision notice relates to the following plans: Drawing Numbers: 2511 01 - A; 2511 02 A; 2511 05; 2511 06; 2511 07; 2511 08; 2511 10; 2511 11; 2511 12; 2511 13; 2511 04 A; 2511 20 A; 2511 21 A; 2511 22 a; 2511 23 A; 2511 24 A; 2511 25 A; 2511 26 A; 2511 30; 2511 31. Supporting Documents : Landscape Visual Assessment, Submitted 19 November 2025; Personal Statement, Submitted 19 November 2025; Tree Schedule, submitted 19th of November 2025; Design, Heritage and Planning Statement, submitted 19 November 2025; Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, submitted 20th of November 2025; LVA Figures 1 of 3, submitted 06 January 2026; LVA Figures 2 of 3, submitted 06 January 2026; LVA Figures 3 of 3, submitted 06 January 2026 |
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Neighbour List
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Coach House Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1EX | 16/12/2025 | |
| Humble Bee Hall Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 05/12/2025 | |
| Manor House Grange Road MALVERN WR14 3EY | 02/01/2026 | |
| Manor House Grange Road MALVERN WR14 3EY | 24/12/2025 | |
| The Barn At Berrow House Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 11/12/2025 | |
| Quarry Cottage Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 17/12/2025 | |
| The Roundhouse 1 Sheepcote Street Birmingham | 15/01/2026 | |
| Edge House Gloucester Road Welland MALVERN WR13 6LD | 17/12/2025 | |
| Manor House Grange Road MALVERN WR14 3EY | 16/01/2026 | |
| Berrow House Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 25/11/2025 | 11/12/2025 |
| Manor Cottage Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 25/11/2025 | |
| Ragged Stone Cottage Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 25/11/2025 | |
| Underthe Hollybush LEDBURY HR8 1ET | 25/11/2025 | 14/12/2025 |
Consultee List
| Name | Organisation | Sent | Reply Due | Reply Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Hills Trust | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | ||
| Catherine Laidlaw | Malvern Hills National Landscape Partnership | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Claudia Clemente-Benfield | National Trust | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Cllr Jennie Watkins | Longdon Ward | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Consultation Service | Natural England | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | 15/12/2025 |
| Drainage Engineer | Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Highways | County Highways | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer | MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | 01/12/2025 |
| MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Mr G Simms | Forestry Commission Of England | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Mrs Marianne Pomeroy | Worcestershire County Council (Minerals) | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Sallyann Gough | Berrow Parish Council | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Woodland Trust | Woodland Trust | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Worcester Regulatory Services Contaminated Land | Worcestershire Regulatory Services | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd | Local Medical Committee | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | Worcestershire Wildlife Trust | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 | |
| Sallyann Gough | Berrow Parish Council | 13/01/2026 |
Constraints List
| Constraints List |
| SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance |
| SWDP 32: Hard Rock |
| Area of Special Control of Advertisements |
| CIL009 - Non-Urban Area |
| Malvern Hills National Landscape (Formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) |
| Paper: Malvern Gazette - Friday |
| Interferometer Area. INFER/7022 - |
| Outside SWDP Development Boundary |
| Minerals - Hard Rock |
| Surface Water: 1 in 30 extent. |
| Ancient Woodland within 100m |
| Surface Water: 1 in 100 extent. |
| Malvern Hills Trust: Southern Hills |
| Surface Water: 1 in 1000 extent |
| Water Supply. If Major Application consultation required with Water Supply Company |
| Contaminated Land |
| SWDP 23: Malvern Hills National Landscape (Formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) |
| SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest within 500m |
| National Trust Consult: Malvern Hills |
| Local Wildlife Site within 100m: Malvern Hills & adjoining sites |
| Appeals Information | |
| Number | M/25/01861/FUL |
| PINS Appeal Ref | 6010636 |
| Method | Written Representations Procedure |
| Start date | 04/06/2026 |
| LPA Final Comments Due | 23/07/2026 |
| Interested Party Comments Due | 09/07/2026 |
| Inquiry Date | |
| Venue | |
| Decision | |
| Issue Date | |
https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=6010636
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