Whitehall Farm Whitehall Road Hampton Bishop Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4LB Data via plota.co.uk

P262436/K - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Ornamental Cherry, reduce canopy on east side by approximately one third by selective thinning and shortening of outer canopy by approximately 3 metres to leave approximately 4 metres. Lightly lift canopy by approximately 2 metres to 5 metres above ground level to prevent encroachment and give adequate clearance of shrubbery and hedging. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Hampton Bishop conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Whitehall Farmhouse, Grade II, 32 m away · 3 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Hampton Bishop built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Council
Herefordshire
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
HR1 4LB
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Backbury
Parish
Hampton Bishop
Target decision
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Trees in Cons Area Works Can Proceed
Decision date
25 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
301decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
8 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
18 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Retrospective change of use from agricultural to proposed B8 storage units comprising sta…
P191522/F
2020 Withdrawn
Proposed agricultural building for storage of agricultural machinery, hay and foodstuffs
P201490/F
Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings