Land adjacent Lammas Church Road Howle Hill Howle Herefordshire HR9 5SP Data via plota.co.uk

P260417/F - Planning Permission Approved
New homes

Proposal

Erection of a self-build dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Feb 2026
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Validated
3 Mar 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

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.
Public footpath 17 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.
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 4. 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.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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
HR9 5SP
Received
10 Feb 2026
Validated
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Kerne Bridge
Parish
Walford
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
29 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 148 days from validation, 73 days slower than Herefordshire's median of 75 for new homes. Approved, as 86% of new homes here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
96decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Herefordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Herefordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
6 Mar 2026
Comments by
13 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
6 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Land opposite and east of Caenwood Howle Hill Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 and 16 atta…
P253329/XA2
2025 Refused
Lammas Howle Hill Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5SP
Proposed single storey rear/side extension, new garage/workshop, parking area and new acc…
P252168/FH
2025 Approved
Myrtle Cottage Sharman Pitch Howle Hill Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Proposed non-material amendment to planning permission 251333 (Proposed replacement of ex…
P252459/AM
2024 Approved
Land opposite and east of Caenwood Howle Hill Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Proposed erection of self-build dwelling and ancillary outbuildings and creation of access
P242024/F
2025 Approved
Myrtle Cottage Sharman Pitch Howle Hill Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Proposed replacement of existing upvc conservatory with timber frame sunroom.
P251333/FH
2023 Withdrawn
Land opposite and east of Caenwood Howle Hill Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Proposed erection of dwelling and ancillary outbuildings and creation of access
P232500/F
2021 Approved
Lime Quarry Barn Howle Hill Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5, 7 & 8 attached to planning…
P211193/XA2
2019 Approved
Lime Quarry Barn Sharman Pitch Howle Hill Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Non-material amendment to 191514 (Variation of condition 2 181851 (Replacement of existin…
P193096/AM
2019 Approved
Lime Quarry Barn Sharman Pitch Howle Hill Herefordshire
Proposed variation of condition 2 of planning permission 181851 (Replacement of existing…
P191514/F
2019 Approved
Myrtle Cottage Howle Hill Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Proposed double garage to replace existing single garage
P191120/FH
2018 Approved
Land adjacent Myrtle Cottage Howle Hill Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Replacement of existing barn & home office building with new dwelling and change of use o…
P181851/F
2017 Approved
Land at Myrtle Cottage Howle Hill Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire
Change of use of outbuilding into residential accommodation, access, parking, manoeuvring…
P170050/F
2016 Approved
Myrtle Cottage Howle Hill Ross-On-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5SH
Certificate of lawfulness for existing outbuilding.
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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