Application Number M/25/01883/PIP
Status Application Refused

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  • Application
    Valid
    24/11/2025
  • Consultation
    End
    12/12/2025
  • Committee
    Meeting
    N/A
  • Decision

    Refusal
  • Decision
    Date
    15/12/2025
  • Appeal
    Started
    26/01/2026
  • Appeal
    Decision
    Dismissed
Summary
Application Number M/25/01883/PIP
Location Address Land At (OS 8133 4345) Worcester Road Hanley Swan
Proposal Permission in Principle for the proposed erection of between 1 and 4 self or custom build dwellings
Status Refusal
Application Type Permission in Principle
Appeal Decision Dismissed

Important Dates
Application Received Date 21/11/2025
Application Valid Date 24/11/2025
Consultation Start Date 26/11/2025
Site Visited / Site Notice Date
Consultation End 12/12/2025
Advert Expiry
Committee Date (if applicable)
Committee Agenda
Decision Date 15/12/2025

Further Information
Expected Decision Level Delegated
Case Officer Joshua Evans
Parish Hanley Castle CP
Ward Powick & the Hanleys Ward
Applicant Mr R Thompson
Agent Ben Greenaway, Greenaway Planning Ltd
Agent Address Greenway Planning Ltd PO Box 937 Worcester WR4 4GS

Condition Details / Information Notes
The application site is situated outside the defined settlement boundary and outside the village core of Hanley Swan and, accordingly, the proposed development does not constitute a suitable or appropriate location for residential development. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policies SWDP1 and SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016), Policy RE2 of the Hanley Castle Neighbourhood Development Plan (2025), and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework. It is further considered that the adverse social and environmental impacts arising from the undermining of the settlement strategy established by the Hanley Castle Neighbourhood Development Plan would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited economic benefits associated with the proposal. Consequently, the development cannot be considered a sustainable form of development within the meaning of Policy SWDP1 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
The proposal would result in the unjustified extension of built development beyond the established settlement edge into the open countryside. This encroachment 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 Hanley Swan, and would not positively contribute to the village’s rural nature, contrary to Policies SWDP1, SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016), Policy RE2 of the Hanley Castle Neighbourhood Development Plan, 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.

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 Document Type Date Description File Size Drawing/Rev Number
Application Documents
01. Application Form 24/11/2025 Application Form (151kb) -
02. Supporting Information 24/11/2025 Statement (531kb) -
Application Plans
04. Site / Location Plan 24/11/2025 Location & Block Plan (77kb) MA/Cygnet01/block -
Statutory Consultee Response
09. Response - Statutory Consultee 27/11/2025 Worcestershire County Highways Authority (125kb) -
09. Response - Statutory Consultee 28/11/2025 Lead Local Flood Authority - WCC Lead Local Flood Authority (75kb) -
Decision
11. Decision Information 15/12/2025 Delegated Report (255kb) -
12. Decision Notice 15/12/2025 Decision Notice (155kb) -
Appeal
Appeal - Decision 05/06/2026 Appeal Decision 6003962 (171kb) -

Consultation Responses

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
Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Cygnet Lodge Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Cygnet Lodge Farm Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Holiday Lets At Cygnet Lodge Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Office 1 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Office 2 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Office 3 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Office 6 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Office 7 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Offices 4 And 5 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 11 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 12 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 13 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 14 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 15 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 18 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Unit 19 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025
Units 16 And 17 Cygnet Business Centre Worcester Road Hanley Swan WORCESTER WR8 0EA 26/11/2025

Consultee List


Name Organisation Sent Reply Due Reply Received
Cllr Kathy Wells Powick & the Hanleys Ward 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Cllr Tom Wells Powick & the Hanleys Ward 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Consultation Service Natural England 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Drainage Engineer Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Highways County Highways 26/11/2025 10/12/2025 27/11/2025
Housing Team - MHDC Housing - MHDC 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Lead Local Flood Authority WCC Lead Local Flood Authority 26/11/2025 10/12/2025 28/11/2025
MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Mrs R Abunassar Hanley Castle Parish Council 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Policy Plans - General Policy Plans - General 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd Local Medical Committee 26/11/2025 10/12/2025
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Worcestershire Wildlife Trust 26/11/2025 10/12/2025

Constraints List


Constraints List
CIL009 - Non-Urban Area
Surface Water: 1 in 30 extent.
Surface Water: 1 in 100 extent.
Surface Water: 1 in 1000 extent
Interferometer Area. INFER/7017 -
Outside SWDP Development Boundary
Local Wildlife Site within 100m: Pool & Mere Brooks
Flood Zone 2. If Application is a Major (PS2 1-6) consultation required with L.L.F.A and Water Supply Company
Flood Zone 3. If Application is a Major (PS2 1-6) consultation required with L.L.F.A and Water Supply Company
Water Supply. If Major Application consultation required with Water Supply Company
SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas
SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance
SWDP 22: Sites Of Regional Or Local Wildlife Importance
Neighbourhood Plan: NPA Boundaries - Hanley Castle. Adopted: 22/01/2019
Neighbourhood Plan: Sites of Biological Interest - Hanley Castle Neighbourhood Plan. Adopted: 22/01/2019
Paper: Malvern Gazette - Friday
Appeals Information
Number M/25/01883/PIP
PINS Appeal Ref 6003962
Method Written Representations Procedure
Start date 26/01/2026
LPA Final Comments Due 16/03/2026
Interested Party Comments Due 02/03/2026
Inquiry Date
Venue
Decision Dismissed
Issue Date 05/06/2026

https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=6003962

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 Document Type Date Description File Size Drawing/Rev Number
Appeal
30. Appeal - Application Form 26/01/2026 Appeal Form Appellant Submission (56kb) -
31. Appeal - Documents 03/03/2026 Appeal Interested Party Comments 6003962 (123kb) -
31. Appeal - Documents 03/03/2026 Appeal Interested Party No2 Comments - 6003962 (123kb) -
31. Appeal - Documents 27/01/2026 6003962 Lpa Questionnaire Submission (92kb) -
31. Appeal - Documents 26/01/2026 START DATE - New planning appeal_ 6003962 (81kb) -
32. Appeal - Appellants Case 26/01/2026 Appeal Statement Cygnet Lodge (630kb) -
32. Appeal - Appellants Case 26/01/2026 Appendix 1 Appeal Decision 3365992 (112kb) -
32. Appeal - Appellants Case 26/01/2026 Appendix 2 Mhdc Progress Report November 2024 (508kb) -
32. Appeal - Appellants Case 17/03/2026 Appellant's Final Comments -6003962 (462kb) -
33. Appeal - Councils Case 11/02/2026 Statement of Case Cynet Lodge .pdf (896kb) -
Appeal - Decision 05/06/2026 PINS Email - Appeal decision_ 6003962 (76kb) -
Appeal - Decision 05/06/2026 Appeal Decision 6003962 (171kb) -