Land at Ashley Farm Grafton Court Close Grafton Hereford Herefordshire Data via plota.co.uk

P252052/XA2 - PP - Approval of details reserved by condition Approved

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 2 attached to planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jul 2025
✓
Approved
29 Sept 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 1
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 2. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 270 m away: Belmont Meadows
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 14 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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Important details

Council
Herefordshire
Application type
PP - Approval of details reserved by condition
Received
15 Jul 2025
Validated
15 Jul 2025
Ward
Newton Farm
Parish
Hereford
Target decision
9 Sept 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
29 Sept 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 10 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001600 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 40 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 36 for discharge of conditions. Approved, as 97% of discharge of conditions here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
384decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
17 Jul 2025
Site or press notice
17 Jul 2025
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings