Land at Fairview Court (former Sapey Golf Club) Upper Sapey, Worcester Herefordshire WR6 6XT Data via plota.co.uk

Approved P261608/F - Planning Permission
Change of useCommercial premises
Council
Herefordshire 3.3/10
Date received
1 Jun 2026
Date validated
1 Jun 2026
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Postcode
WR6 6XT
Type
Planning Permission

Description

Change of use of former green keeper’s shed for ancillary storage purposes for ongoing maintenance of grounds and (part of) former Golf Course to parkland (sui generis), (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 62 days. 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 →

Site constraints 1

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.
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 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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Upper Sapey, Bromyard Bringsty, Fairview Court (Former Sapey Golf Club) Uppery Sapey Worcester WR6 6XT

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P261265/XA2
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
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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