Twenty houses, eight of them affordable, could be built on a field by a Herefordshire village.

The two-storey homes on the north edge of Stoke Lacy, between Bromyard and Hereford, would be a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced.

Twelve of them, with three to five bedrooms, would be sold at market rate, while two three-bedroom houses would be sold at an “affordable” rate.

The remaining six two- and three-bedroom houses would be available for “social, affordable or intermediate rent”, according to the application by Lantar Developments of Cirencester and Cotswold Oak of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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The application proposes measures which would overcome the local ban on causing additional liquid pollution, which continues to hold up much proposed housebuilding in the Lugg and Wye river catchment areas covering much of the county.

The site drainage “will incorporate attenuation basins with controlled outflow”, while foul drainage would be managed by an onsite treatment plant discharged to a drainage mound, the application says.

The houses themselves would “adopt a characterful Herefordshire architectural style and pallet of materials” and each would have two car parking spaces.

Taking a “landscape-led approach”, the overall design would retain hedgerows around the four-hectare site, apart from a new gap to access the main A465.

An orchard of local heritage variety fruit would be planted to replace one previously on the site, while further tree planting around the houses would “assist with maintaining a rural character”, the design statement says.

A footway would be created along the north side of the A465 to give pedestrian access to and from the village, with its hall, bus stop, pub and business park.

The developer would also make contributions to local transport, libraries, and waste and recycling.

It will not impose on a neighbouring “motte” or built mound, though this is not a listed historical feature, the application says.

Stoke Lacy Parish Council currently lacks a neighbourhood plan to guide development in the village, the application points out. It has yet to submit a response.

Views on the proposal can be made until 2 December, with a decision to approve or reject it due by the end of January.