Wildfell Cottage Symonds Yat Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 6BN Data via plota.co.uk

P260941/FH - Full Householder Approved

Proposal

Replace existing garage with a new larger garage. Replace the dilapidated summer house with a slightly larger structure of sufficient size and insulation for use as a home office. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

27 Mar 2026

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Validated

9 Jun 2026

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Approved

21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

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.

Public byway open to all traffic 1 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Special area of conservation 182 m away: River Wye

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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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 ↗

SSSI 182 m away: River Wye 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.

Also on the record

Inside the Symonds Yat West built-up area; Priority habitat 11 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £335,000 in July 2019. Detached house, freehold.

24 July 2019£335,000

10 May 2002£165,000

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: HR9 6BN
Received: 27 Mar 2026
Validated: 9 Jun 2026
Ward: Kerne Bridge
Parish: Whitchurch
Target decision: 21 Aug 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 21 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 10 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 63 for demolitions. Approved, as 95% of demolitions here are.

This one73d

Council63d

UK56d

44%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

81decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 11 Jun 2026
Comments by: 17 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 11 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved

Proposed erection of a timber garden shed.

P201498/FH 18 Aug 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2018 Approved

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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