Change of use to storage at Ponderosa Twyford Common Road Ridgehill, Hereford
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Herefordshire Planning and Regulatory Committee on 25 Feb 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Access and licence conditions clarified
Officers said a condition could cover any future changes to the site access, and that a licence would be needed for such changes.
“The Development Manager and the Highways Advisor provided the following clarification:”
“an additional condition could be added to the permission for any changes to the access to be submitted and agreed in writing. Account could then be taken at that stage of the protection of the root system for nearby trees; • it was confirmed that a section 184 licence would be required if there were changes to the access to the site. The requirement for this licence could be added to the permission as an informative.”
Minutes
Committee approved by simple majority
The committee voted to approve the application by a simple majority, adding a condition on access changes and an informative on a required licence.
“Councillor Bruce Baker proposed and Councillor Stef Simmons seconded a motion that the application be approved with the addition of a condition to require any changes to the access to be agreed in writing and an informative to detail the requirement of a section 184 licence to permit changes to the access.”
“Resolved – that planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions, the addition of a condition to require any changes to the access to be agreed in writing, an informative to detail the requirement of a section 184 licence to permit changes to the access and any other further conditions considered necessary by officers named in the scheme of delegation:”
Minutes
The members' reasons
“There was sympathy with local residents regarding the potential uses of the site in the future however the committee acknowledged it was constrained in considering the application before it which was for a change of use of building to storage (class B8).”
Minutes
Approved subject to 3 conditions, set out in the minutes.
Source: the council's minutes, quoted word for word.
Sources
- Herefordshire Planning and Regulatory Committee minutes, 25 February 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Herefordshire's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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