The Old House High Town Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2AA Data via plota.co.uk

P253584/L - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Replacement of an existing gas heating boiler and balanced flue with anew gas boiler and flue together with associated repairs and alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Dec 2025
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Approved
19 Mar 2026

Approved on 19 Mar 2026 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Herefordshire Planning and Regulatory Committee on 18 Mar 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The committee followed the case officer’s recommendation, with added conditions for the flue cowl and fixings.
  • A city council representative and the applicant’s agent spoke, while the ward member supported sensitive work to the iconic building.
  • The committee voted unanimously to grant listed building consent subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, speakers, committee debate, conditions, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Herefordshire's committee minutes of 18 Mar 2026.

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 7

Grade I listed: The Old House
List entry 1207754 · 1 m away · 74 more listed buildings within 150 m (7 Grade II*, 67 Grade II)
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.
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Also on the record
Scheduled monument 181 m away: Hereford city walls, ramparts and ditch; Radon affected area, class 3; Special area of conservation 402 m away: River Wye; SSSI 402 m away: River Wye SSSI; Heritage at risk 76 m away: Church of St Peter, St Peter's Square; Inside the Hereford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 14 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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
HR1 2AA
Received
12 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Ward
Central
Parish
Hereford
Target decision
6 Feb 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
19 Mar 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 97 days from validation, 34 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 63 for listed building works. Approved, as 97% of listed building works here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
272decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Jan 2026
Comments by
4 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
2 Jan 2026
Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
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Other 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