Planning appeal decision
Bridgecote, Welland, Malvern, WR13 6NJ
Planning appeal 3347554 at Bridgecote, Welland, Malvern, WR13 6NJ (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 6 December 2024 by Inspector Han U, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO having particular regard to whether the building operations proposed would be reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwellinghouse.
Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to one dwellinghouse (Class 3) and associated operational development
- Authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Han U
- Postcode
- WR13 6NJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the GPDO having particular regard to whether the building operations proposed would be reasonably necessary to convert the building to a dwellinghouse
- the effect of the proposal on the design or external appearance of the building
What decided it
The barn was already structurally suitable for conversion to residential use and the proposed building operations were reasonably necessary to effect that conversion, thereby constituting permitted development under Class Q of the GPDO.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Malvern Hills
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed8 October 20266007831Vaughan Lodge, 192-198 Wells Road, Malvern, WR14 4HB
- Dismissed24 July 20266007092Land At (Os 5947 6754), Bromyard Road, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8DJ
- Allowed22 May 2026600170324 Oakleigh Avenue, Hallow,, Worcester, WR2 6NG
- Allowed5 May 20266004747Land at (Os 8147 5873), Shoulton Lane, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6PX
- Dismissed16 March 20266002729Malvernbury, 61 Abbey Road, Malvern, WR14 3HH
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®