Land adjacent Pear Tree Cottage Hoarwithy Herefordshire HR2 6QR Data via plota.co.uk

P262540/F - Planning Permission Valid
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Upgrade of septic system to Packaged Treatment Plan - retrospective. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 21 Oct 2026; it is now day 42.

Comments are open until 21 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 7

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 ↗
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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Special area of conservation 73 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.
SSSI 73 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.
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 2.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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
Planning Permission
Postcode
HR2 6QR
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Dinedor Hill
Parish
Hentland
Target decision
23 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 42, past Herefordshire's usual 11 days for utility and infrastructure works. 93% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 27 Nov 2026.

Day 4214 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
143decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Sept 2026
Comments by
21 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
16 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Refused
Willow Cottage Hoarwithy Herefordshire HR2 6QR
Conversion and alterations of existing garage to form holiday let.
P240018/F
2022 Refused
Willow Cottage Hoarwithy Hereford Herefordshire HR2 6QR
Proposed conversion and alterations of existing garage to form holidaylet
P220882/F
2018 Approved
Pear Tree Cottage Hoarwithy Hereford Herefordshire HR2 6QR
Proposed first floor extension over existing
P182372/FH
2017 Approved
Land adjacent to Quarry Bank Hoarwithy Hereford
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 & 15 as att…
P180002/XA2
2016 Approved
Land adjacent to Quarry Bank Hoarwithy Hereford
Proposed dwelling using existing access. (For DOC 3 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 && 15 see 180002.)
P161342/F
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings