37 High Street Kington Herefordshire HR5 3BJ Data via plota.co.uk

P261512/F - Planning Permission Approved
Change of useSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from licensed premises to community meeting place (The Dove) and a craft workshop (The Yarn Barn). A first floor flat remainsas existing (Part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 May 2026
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Validated
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 36, High Street
List entry 1196545 · 7 m away · 54 more listed buildings within 150 m (54 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.
Show the other 54 with distances
Historic England ↗
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.
Kington 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 ↗
Heritage at risk: Kington
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Public footpath 28 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Inside the Kington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Planning Permission
Postcode
HR5 3BJ
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Kington
Parish
Kington
Target decision
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
10 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 8 days faster than Herefordshire's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
107decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Herefordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Herefordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
23 Jun 2026
Comments by
28 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
23 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings