Orchard Cottage Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG Data via plota.co.uk

P261077/F - Planning Permission Approved
Change of useCommercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of existing agricultural barn to a light industrial workshop (Use Class E(g)(iii)) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 6

Malvern Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Habitat network: Traditional orchards
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 223 m away: Ledbury Cutting SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Ledbury built-up area; Priority habitat 16 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Herefordshire
Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
HR8 1LG
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Ward
Ledbury North
Parish
Ledbury
Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
7 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 116 days from validation, 54 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
107decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Herefordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Herefordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Apr 2026
Comments by
30 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
28 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Decided
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2025 Decided
Land adjacent The New House Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 4 5 & 6 attached to planning p…
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2025 Approved
Land adjacent The New House Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Proposed variation of condition 2 of planning permission 203223 (Proposed detached dwelli…
P252470/F
2024 Refused
Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Proposed variation of condition 2 of planning permission 203223 (Proposed detached dwelli…
P241039/F
2022 Refused
Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Application for Technical Details Consent for a development of 5 dwellings.
P223516/TD5
2022 Refused
Land adjacent to Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 1 attached to Permission in Pri…
P222810/XA2
2021 Approved
Land adjacent to Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Application for permission in principle for the proposed erection of 1-5 dwellings of sim…
P212574/PIP
2020 Approved
Land adjacent The New House Old Kennels Farm Bromyard Road Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Proposed detached dwelling.
P203223/F
2020 Approved
Old Kennels Farm Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Proposed side extension.
P201199/FH
2017 Approved
Old Kennels Farm Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1LG
Proposed building for agricultural storage. Demolition of remains of existing building.
P173412/F
Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Herefordshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #250 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Herefordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #56 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #79 of 296
46%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #250 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #269 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
278 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
104 decided
1,406
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings