Ashley Farm Grafton Court Close Grafton Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8BL Data via plota.co.uk

P251837/CD4 - Council Development Reg 4 Approved

Proposal

Proposed erection of a Cookery Studio Building, the erection of two additional polytunnels, and associated landscaping, drainage, and BNG works, as part of the established Growing Local initiative. (For DOC 4, 5, 6 & 7 see 261375) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jun 2025
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Validated
16 Jul 2025
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Approved
21 Nov 2025

Approved on 21 Nov 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 1
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Local nature reserve 207 m away: Belmont Meadows
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Council Development Reg 4
Postcode
HR2 8BL
Received
24 Jun 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Ward
Wormside
Parish
Grafton
Target decision
21 Nov 2025
Decision
Council Approved Application
Decision date
21 Nov 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 128 days from validation, 23 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 105 for full applications. Approved, as 93% of full applications here are.

21%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
479decided in the last year

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Jul 2025
Comments by
15 Sept 2025
Site or press notice
17 Jul 2025

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning permission 240348 - to add an additional 2…
P250195/RM
2024 Approved
Proposed removal of condition 1 of planning permission 13023 from 1962(The erection of a…
P242644/F
2024 Approved
Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval 223281(Outline pe…
P240348/RM
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings