Planning Application W/25/00256/FUL

Change of use from A1 Retail Cafe to Use Class C3 holiday accommodation use (retrospective)

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Description: Change of use from A1 Retail Cafe to Use Class C3 holiday accommodation use (retrospective)

Status: Approval

Applicant Name

Mr John Gardiner

Application Location

Knowle Hill Plant Centre
Knowle Hill
Evesham

UPRN

10094176626

Ward

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham Ward, Bengeworth Ward

Parish

Wickhamford, Evesham

Agent Name

Mr James Badrick, JB Architectural Design

Agent Address

45 Woodford Way
Witney
OX28 6GB

Application Reference: W/25/00256/FUL

Application Type: Full planning permission

Case Officer: Robert Smith

Decision Level: Delegated

Application Received Date: Thursday 6 February 2025

Application Valid Date: Tuesday 11 February 2025

Consultation Start Date: Tuesday 11 February 2025

Consultation End Date: Tuesday 1 April 2025

Site Visit Notice Date: N/A

Advert Expiry Date: N/A

Committee Date: N/A

Decision Date: Thursday 3 April 2025

Appeal Date: N/A

Appeal Decision: N/A

Consultees

  • Cllr Emma Kearsey, Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham Ward
  • Cllr Emma Sims, Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham Ward
  • Cllr Mark Goodge, Bengeworth Ward
  • Cllr Mrs Emma Stokes, Bengeworth Ward
  • Highways, County Highways
  • Mrs A Evans, Wickhamford Parish Council
  • Parish Clerk, Evesham Town Council

Relevant Policies and Constraints

  • Paper: Evesham Journal - Thursday
  • CIL008 - Non-Urban Area
  • Outside SWDP Development Boundary
  • Section 106 Agreement
  • Wind Turbines
  • Policy Case ELA - WDC/123/EMP. Knowle Hill Plant Centre, Knowle Hill, Evesham. Retrospective planning application for Change of Use from horticulture to garden centre(A1 retail).. Complete.
  • Policy Case ELA - WDC/252/EMP. Knowle Hill Plant Centre, Knowle Hill, Evesham, Try WR11 7EN. Erection of a new 60ft x 30ft x 12ft steel framed building on the site of Knowle Hill Plant Centre for the use of machinery storage, stock and potting of plants, also loss of retail unit 3700 sqm.. Not Started.
  • SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas
  • SWDP 11: Vale of Evesham Heavy Goods Vehicles Control Zone
  • SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance
  • Minor Aquifer

Application Documents

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This application has been approved

The following conditions and information notes are associated with the approval


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 –
001 W01
002 W01
003 W01

Reason: To define the permission in accordance with Policy SWDP1 and SWDP2 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.


Prior to the first use/occupation of the development hereby permitted, the details set out in the submitted Water Management Statement shall be fully implemented and remain thereafter. Reason: To ensure that an appropriate sustainable drainage system is provided to serve the development in accordance with policy SWDP29 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan 2016.


No person or group of persons shall occupy the holiday accommodation hereby permitted for more than 28 days consecutive days at a time and no same person or group of persons shall occupy the accommodation for more than 156 days in any one calendar year.

The owners/operators of the site shall maintain an up-to date register of the names of all occupiers of the accommodation and of their main home address (i.e. place of residence) and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the development hereby permitted is used for the specific use applied for, to prevent unrestricted residential development and in the interests of ensuring a sustainable pattern of development that also does not unduly increase reliance on the private motor vehicle, in accordance with polices SWDP1, SWDP2, SWDP4, SWDP6, SWDP21, and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework


The development hereby permitted and as shown on the approved plans listed under Condition 2 of this Decision Notice shall be used for holiday accommodation only and for no other purpose including any other purpose within Class C of the Schedule of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification.

Reason: Having regard to Policy SWDP1, SWDP2, SWDP6, SWDP21, and SWDP25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan and the relevant aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework the local planning authority are not prepared to allow the introduction of permanent unrestricted residential development on the basis of how the application has been submitted and assessed, having regard to the settlement pattern and character and appearance of the conservation area hereabouts.


Positive and Proactive Statement. No problems have arisen in dealing with this application. The planning application sought an acceptable form of development consistent with the requirements of relevant policies and material considerations. No amendments or alterations were therefore required and no further positive or proactive action was deemed necessary.


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Other applications at this property

  • W/24/01752/CCO Knowle Hill Plant Centre, Knowle Hill, Evesham
    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Floor slab levels) and 6 (Bat/Bird box) of Planning Permission application number W/22/00141/FUL
    Added Monday 2 September 2024
    Decision: Approval
    Decided Wednesday 22 January 2025

  • W/22/00141/FUL Knowle Hill Plant Centre, Knowle Hill, Evesham
    Erection of a new 60ft x 30ft x 12ft steel framed building on the site of Knowle Hill Plant Centre for the use of machinery storage, stock and potting of plants.
    Added Wednesday 16 February 2022
    Decision: Approval
    Decided Wednesday 4 May 2022

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    Prior approval for larger home extension
    Added Monday 13 February 2023
    Decision: Withdrawn
    Decided Monday 6 March 2023

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