44-46 Broad Street Hereford Herefordshire HR4 9BG Data via plota.co.uk

P253430/L - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of function/storage rooms on the first floor to 7 bedrooms/suites with en-suite bathrooms and addition of smoke vent at 3rd floor/roof level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Nov 2025
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Validated
19 Dec 2025
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Appeal allowed
5 Mar 2026
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Approved
13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Green Dragon Hotel
List entry 1205652 · 25 m away · 52 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade II*, 44 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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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 132 m away: Hereford city walls, ramparts and ditch
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation 293 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 293 m away: River Wye SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3; 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
HR4 9BG
Received
28 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Dec 2025
Ward
Central
Parish
Hereford
Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
13 Mar 2026
Appeal
Allowed · 5 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001901 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 21 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
5 Jan 2026
Comments by
6 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
5 Jan 2026
Herefordshire
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#224 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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