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Allowed2 June 20253359615

Sherborne, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JA

Planning appeal 3359615 at Sherborne, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JA (Malvern Hills District Council) was allowed on 2 June 2025 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the setting of Grade II listed The Old School House and Coventry Barn.

Construction of a block of four garages and amendments to elevation and roof treatments (painting to brown/teak, green roof, wooden lattice with evergreen planting)

Authority
Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Stephens K
Postcode
WR8 9JA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the setting of Grade II listed The Old School House and Coventry Barn
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposed external alterations to paint the building brown, install a green roof and add trellis with evergreen planting would make the garages visually recessive and ancillary in appearance, combined with historic precedent for an ancillary building on the site and the building's low visibility from public vantage points, meant the development would not harm the setting of the listed buildings or the character and appearance of the area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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