Application Number W/25/01251/FUL
Status Application Approved

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  • Application
    Valid
    24/06/2025
  • Consultation
    End
    29/07/2025
  • Committee
    Meeting
    N/A
  • Decision

    Approval
  • Decision
    Date
    17/11/2025
  • Appeal
    Started
    N/A
  • Appeal
    Decision
    N/A
Summary
Application Number W/25/01251/FUL
Location Address Upton Snodsbury C Of E First School School Lane Upton Snodsbury Worcester WR7 4NH
Proposal Alterations and extensions to enable the current PAN 14 first school to form a PAN 14 primary school. Works include reconfiguration of the existing building, an increase in its floor area, and associated external works.
Status Approval
Application Type Full planning permission
Appeal Decision N/A

Important Dates
Application Received Date 13/06/2025
Application Valid Date 24/06/2025
Consultation Start Date 26/06/2025
Site Visited / Site Notice Date
Consultation End 29/07/2025
Advert Expiry 24/07/2025
Committee Date (if applicable)
Committee Agenda
Decision Date 17/11/2025

Further Information
Expected Decision Level Delegated
Case Officer Charlotte Barry
Parish Upton Snodsbury
Ward Upton Snodsbury Ward
Applicant Mrs Rachel Mayo, Upton Snodsbury CE First School (Headteacher)
Agent Mr John Harris, Harris & Associates
Agent Address PO Box 17214 Redditch B97 9QY

Condition Details / Information Notes
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: To conform with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
Unless where required or allowed by other conditions attached to this permission/consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the information (including details on the proposed materials) provided on the application form and the following plans/drawings/documents – Drg no. 528-02-25-PL01 – Location Plan Drg no. 528-02-25-PL02 – Existing Block Plan Drg no. 528-02-25-PL03 – Proposed Block Plan (Rev B) Drg no. 528-02-25-PL04 – Overall Site Plan As Existing Drg no. 528-02-25-PL05 – Overall Site Plan Existing Eco Zones Drg no. 528-02-25-PL06 – Overall Site Plan As Proposed Drg no. 528-02-25-PL07 – Detail Site Plan as Proposed Drg no. 528-02-25-PL08 – Existing Floor and Roof Plans Drg no. 528-02-25-PL09 – Existing Elevations and Section Drg no. 528-02-25-PL10 – Proposed Floor and Roof Plans Drg no. 528-02-25-PL11 – Proposed Elevations and Section Reason: To define the permission in accordance with Policy SWDP1 and SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until vehicle parking, in line with the Council’s adopted highway design guide, has been provided in accordance with details which shall first be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter the approved car parking shall be kept available. REASON: To comply with the Council’s parking standards and to maintain highways safety, in accordance with the Worcestershire Streetscape Design Guide, Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until sheltered and secure cycle parking to comply with the Council’s adopted highway design guide has been provided in accordance with details which shall first be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and thereafter the approved cycle parking shall be kept available for the parking of bicycles only. REASON: To comply with the Council’s parking standards and to maintain highways safety, in accordance with the Worcestershire Streetscape Design Guide, Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until a School Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. REASON: To ensure the site is offered a genuine choice of sustainable travel modes and to promote sustainable access to the development site, in accordance with the Worcestershire Streetscape Design Guide, Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Development hereby approved shall not commence until a Construction Traffic Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This must include but not be limited to:- • Measures to ensure that vehicles leaving the site do not deposit mud or other detritus on the public highway, including wheel washing facilities. • Details of site operative parking areas, material storage areas and the location of site operatives’ facilities (offices, toilets etc). • The hours that delivery vehicles will be permitted to arrive and depart, and arrangements for unloading and manoeuvring. • Vehicle routing. • Temporary traffic management arrangements. • Mitigation for impacts on residents. The measures set out in the approved Plan shall be carried out and complied with in full during the construction of the development hereby approved. Site operatives' parking, material storage and the positioning of operatives' facilities shall only take place on the site in locations approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. REASON: To ensure the provision of adequate on-site facilities and in the interests of highway safety in accordance with the Worcestershire Streetscape Design Guide, Policy SWDP4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied/first used until full details of all surface water drainage systems to serve the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved drainage works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the first occupation/use of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained thereafter. Reason: To ensure development would not result in unacceptable risk of pollution or harm to the environment and to ensure the proposed development does not exacerbate flood risk and deals with surface water run-off from the site in a sustainable manner, in accordance with policies SWDP28, SWDP29 and SWDP 30 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Prior to its/their installation as part of the development hereby approved, details of the following shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority:- - external joinery details of any windows and doors, along with architectural details of the proposed external finishes, heads, sills, position in wall reveal and any surrounding dressings; - details of the approved rooflights, including drawings showing design, materials and profile; - type, colour, texture, size, coursing, finish, jointing and pointing of brickwork/stonework; - type, colour, texture, size and design of roofing materials; - details of external vents, extracts, chimney flues and rainwater goods, including information on specification and colour; - a precise specification of the proposed external render or plaster – including any decorative panels or patterns – and detailed specification of the mix, the number of coats and surface finish to be used; The development shall be carried out using the materials as approved. Reason: To protect, conserve and enhance the significance of heritage assets and to ensure that the new materials are in keeping with the surroundings and represent quality design in accordance with policies SWDP 6, SWDP21 and SWDP24 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, a landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to, and be approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The content of the LEMP shall be guided by the requirement to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain and maintain this after implementation, and shall include the following: a) Description and evaluation of features to be managed; b) Ecological trends and constraints on site that might influence management; c) Aims and objectives of management; d) Appropriate management options for achieving aims and objectives; e) Prescriptions for management actions; f) Preparation of a work schedule (including an annual work plan capable of being rolled forward over a five-year period); g) Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan; h) Ongoing monitoring and remedial measures. The LEMP shall also include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The plan shall also set out (where the results from monitoring show that conservation aims and objectives of the LEMP are not being met) how contingencies and/or remedial action will be identified, agreed and implemented so that the development still delivers the fully functioning biodiversity objectives of the originally approved scheme. The approved plan will be implemented in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure that the proposed development contributes to the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within the site, and to ensure the proposal harmonises with the surroundings in accordance with policies SWDP21, SWDP22 and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016 and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The approved Biodiversity Gain Plan required by paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 shall be implemented in accordance with the details and timescale agreed within the Plan and maintained thereafter in accordance with the approved Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP). Reason: To ensure that the proposed development delivers a biodiversity net gain in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Worcestershire County Council has published guidance on how it expects travel plans to be prepared, this guidance is freely available from the County Councils Travel Plans Officer.
The effect of paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is that planning permission granted for the development of land in England is deemed to have been granted subject to the condition “(the biodiversity gain condition”) that development may not begin unless: (a) a Biodiversity Gain Plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. Subject to Paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 7A TCPA 1990 The biodiversity gain plan must include: (a) information about the steps taken or to be taken to minimise the adverse effect of the development on the biodiversity of the onsite habitat and any other habitat; (b) the pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat; (c) the post-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat; (d) any registered offsite biodiversity gain allocated to the development and the biodiversity and the biodiversity value of that gain in relation to the development; (e) any biodiversity credits purchased for the development; and (f) any such other matters as the Secretary of State may by regulations specify. Advice about how to prepare a Biodiversity Gain Plan and a template can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/submit-a-biodiversity-gain-plan Reason – To ensure the development delivers a biodiversity net gain on site in accordance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and SWDP22 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan

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Application Documents
Biodiversity Net Gain
Application Plans
Neighbour and Other Response
Statutory Consultee Response
Decision

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
Tythe House School Lane Upton Snodsbury Worcs 16/07/2025
The Tythe House School Lane Upton Snodsbury WORCESTER WR7 4NH 26/06/2025

Consultee List


Name Organisation Sent Reply Due Reply Received
Cllr Mrs Linda Robinson Upton Snodsbury Ward 26/06/2025 17/07/2025
Drainage Engineer Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership 26/06/2025 17/07/2025
Highways County Highways 26/06/2025 17/07/2025
Mrs N Harding Upton Snodsbury Parish Council 26/06/2025 17/07/2025
WDC Heritage Officer WDC Heritage Officer 26/06/2025 17/07/2025
WDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer WDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity 26/06/2025 17/07/2025

Constraints List


Constraints List
SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas
SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance
SWDP 2: Development Boundary
Minor Aquifer
Upton Snodsbury Conservation Area
CIL008 - Non-Urban Area
Affect setting: Upton Snodsbury Conservation Area
Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
Wind Turbines
SWDP 6: Conservation Area
Public Right of Way: Type- Footpath. Path No- US-521 B
Affect setting: Upton Snodsbury Revised Boundary
Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1258647. Listed Building. THE TYTHE HOUSE. LB/1258647
Listed Buildings Affect Setting 25m Buffer: Grade II. HE Ref: 1258816. Listed Building. CROOMECOT SCHOOL COTTAGE. LB/1258816
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