Lavender Cottage Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4QA Data via plota.co.uk

P261382/FH - Full Householder Approved

Proposal

Installation of external wall insulation and re-rendering Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

11 May 2026

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Approved

14 Sept 2026

Approved on 14 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Wye Valley 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.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

SSSI 37 m away: Common Hill SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Traditional orchards

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Little Bryalls, Grade II, 54 m away

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 27 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £560,000 in October 2020. Detached house, freehold.

20 October 2020£560,000

4 May 2016£465,000

15 November 2013£405,000

15 February 2008£330,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Herefordshire
Application type: Full Householder
Postcode: HR1 4QA
Received: 11 May 2026
Validated: 11 May 2026
Ward: Backbury
Parish: Fownhope
Target decision: 15 Sept 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 14 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 126 days from validation, 70 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

This one126d

Council56d

UK55d

58%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

440decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 1 Jun 2026
Comments by: 2 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 1 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

The Pump House Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4QA

The erection of an oak framed extension on the north (rear) elevation

P203558/FH 8 Feb 2021

2018 Approved

Pump Cottage Common Hill Fownhope Herefordshire HR1 4QA

Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission P160009/FH. For alterations to garage des…

P182720/FH 7 Dec 2018

2017 Approved

Croft Cottage Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4PZ

Proposed single storey side extension to utility room.

P171094/FH 15 May 2017

2016 Approved

The Pump House Common Hill Fownhope Herefordshire HR1 4QA

Proposed demolition of existing garage and its replacement with a new one

P160009/FH 29 Feb 2016

Herefordshire

Planning Authority Score

3.3/10

Poor

#224 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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