Decided 

Housing

  • Plans to build seven houses in a courtyard formation on a field at Monksbury Court near Monkhide have been given the go-ahead. More.
  • A planned four-bedroom house in Orcop Hill has been rejected by the council's planning committee, against an officer's recommendation to approve. More.
  • A Dutch barn and lean-to on a farm in the village of Edwyn Ralph can be converted into a home without full planning permission, after being found to meet the official definition of a “farm building”. More.

Other

  • A Lyonshall farm’s bid to build six poultry units on an area the size of three football pitches has been rejected on environmental grounds. More.
  • Earlier a bid by a Shobdon farm to expand chicken production was also refused, with environmental concerns again cited. More.
  • Leominster's planned new health centre on the north side of town has been given the go-ahead. More.
  • Fairfield High School in Peterchurch has had a new two-storey classroom block and all-weather sports pitch approved. More.
  • Plan for a joint police and fire station in Hereford have been formally withdrawn, six years after first being submitted. More.

Submitted 

Housing

  • Plans are in for a 10-house development just outside Eardisley's settlement boundary, with the developer claiming the neighbouring site allocated in the village plan is less viable. More.
  • A remote Herefordshire farm near Presteigne has applied to turn its disused buildings into 10 houses. More.
  • A planned 27-home estate in Madley has been rejigged, with approval sought for a “more efficient” layout and different house designs. More.
  • A bid has been lodged to expand a ten-home development at Castle End Farm, Lea, by a further four homes. More.
  • An application has been made to build eight “smaller, traditional” homes on a brownfield site off the A438 at King’s Acre near Hereford. More. 
  • A 66-bedroom care home in Colwall Stone is the latest proposal to occupy the former Malvern Water bottling plant site in the village. More.

Other

  • A multi-purpose open-air Cycle Hub costing £1.4 million could finally come to Hereford if plans are approved. More.
  • A proposed sand and gravel quarry by the A49 between Wellington and Marden would be turned into wetland wildlife habitat ten years later. More.
  • Backers of a 28-hectare, 20-megawatt solar farm near Edwyn Ralph have been told they do not have to provide an environmental impact assessment for the scheme. A full application is yet to be submitted. More.