William Powell & Sons Ltd Chapel Road Rotherwas Herefordshire HR2 6LD Data via plota.co.uk

P262762/PEZ - Hereford Enterprise Zone Approved
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Erection of five units, four solely for office use and one mixed use unit (office and storage). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Validated
1 Oct 2026
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Approved
26 Oct 2026

Approved on 26 Oct 2026 · Last checked 27 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 9

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Scheduled monument 98 m away: Site of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
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.
Special area of conservation 297 m away: River Wye / Afon Gwy (England)
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.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI 299 m away: River Wye SSSI; Inside the Hereford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 10 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
Hereford Enterprise Zone
Postcode
HR2 6LD
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Dinedor Hill
Parish
Dinedor
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
26 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 35 days faster than Herefordshire's median of 60 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 96% of commercial and major works here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
62decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Oct 2026
Comments by
18 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
8 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Proposed erection of five units, four solely for office use and one mixed use unit (offic…
P241379/PEZ
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Refused
The Barn, Church Farm Chapel Road. Rotherwas Industrial Estate Hereford Herefordshire
Proposed new industrial building to provide a B1 planning use under the current use class…
P170723/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