Planning News
In this section you will find latest news and progress on
planning matters throughout the district.
Conservation Surgery
Please note that there will not be a Conservation Surgery on the
following dates 2nd May, 30th May, 6th June.
Latest national policy, consultations and
guidance
Planning Portal website - "What's New"
Worcestershire Landscape Character Assessment
A Supplementary Guidance document has been produced to aid
interpretation and application of the Worcestershire Landscape
Character Assessment (LCA). The document has been prepared by
Worcestershire County Council on behalf of the county council and
the six Worcestershire districts, and it is intended to supplement
policies at a county and district level. To view the document and
respond to the consultation, please visit www.worcestershire.gov.uk/lcaconsultation.
Supplementary Planning Document-Shop
Fronts.
Malvern Hills District Council Planning Committee adopted the
Shop
Front Design Guide SPD on 11th April 2011
The Design Guide, which was prepared in partnership with the
District’s three Civic Societies, sets out guidance for the design
of shop fronts across the whole district. The SPD will be taken
into account as a material consideration during the assessment of
development proposals for shops.
The Adoption
Statement gives formal notice that the Council has adopted the
SPD. The Statement made under
Regulation18 (4)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Local
Development) (England) Regulations 2004 provides a summary of
the comments which were received during the public consultation on
the SPD and how the final SPD was amended as a result.
Copies of the SPD are available for inspection
at the Customer Service Centres located in Malvern,
Upton-upon-Severn and Tenbury Wells.
Latest news on the South Worcestershire
Development Plan and the Regional Strategy
Please click on the following links to find out
the latest news on the South Worcestershire Joint
Core Strategy and the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy.
Briefing note for Malvern Hills Members - Status of
RSS at November 2010
SWJCS and WMRSS statement - Summer
2010.
Eric
Pickles MP letter - Abolition of Regional Strategies.
Planning Application
Local Consultations in Malvern Hills District
Discussion on the Site Allocations and Policies Plan for the
villages and rural areas across South Worcestershire
Towards the end of 2009 we held
consultations in the main towns across South Worcestershire,
(Worcester, Droitwich Spa, Evesham, Pershore, Malvern, Tenbury
Wells and Upton-upon-Severn. Over 1,000 people visited the
staffed events and made their comments to the South Worcestershire
Development Plan team.
Similarly, during January to March 2010 the
focus was turned to the rural areas of Malvern Hills and
Wychavon Districts. Planners asked residents, businesses
and others where they thought there were opportunities for houses,
jobs, community facilities, open space and other land uses within
some of the villages across the locality to provide for future
development needs.
We asked local views on potential sites, and
what sort of policies we will need to guide further development and
ensure the rural areas of the district thrive towards the middle of
the century.
The closing data for the Site Allocations and
Policies Development Plan consultation has
now ended (30th April 2010).
Further Information
For further information on any of the news stories here please
contact:
Development Plans
Planning and Housing Services
Malvern Hills District Council
Council House
Avenue Road
Malvern
Worcs
WR14 3AF
Telephone: 01684 862151 between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
Email: developmentplans@malvernhills.gov.uk
