Land adjacent Berrington Bower Marden Herefordshire HR1 3EY Data via plota.co.uk

P262063/O - Outline Valid

Proposal

Hybrid application for the erection of two self-build dwellings and associated works comprising: 1) Full planning permission for the proposed use of land, access, shared road, drainage infrastructure, structural landscaping and the replacement of the existing septic tankserving Berrington Bower; and 2) Outline planning permission with all matters bar access reserved for the two self-build dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 11:25

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Application progress

✓

Received

15 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

28 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from Herefordshire's recent demolitions.

The consultation period closed on 26 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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) agrees.

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3.

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.

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Important details

Council: Herefordshire
Application type: Outline
Postcode: HR1 3EY
Received: 15 Jul 2026
Validated: 28 Jul 2026
Ward: Sutton Walls
Parish: Marden
Target decision: 22 Sept 2026

Decision outlook

Day 73, past the statutory target. 72% of demolitions in Herefordshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 27 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 7317 days past the 56-day target

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: 3 Aug 2026
Comments by: 26 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 3 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2016 Approved

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Herefordshire

Planning Authority Score

3.3/10

Poor

#224 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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