Here we round up April's seven top planning stories likely to have the biggest impact on Herefordshire.

  • Plans have been put forward for a new 80-bedroom care home on what is currently a lorry park on the edge of Hereford. Accessed from Tillington Road on the west side of the city, ‘Tillington Manor’ would feature a cinema, library, hair salon and secure garden to the rear. More.
  • A Herefordshire firm that makes specialist aircraft parts can go ahead with a new factory on an empty plot in the Rotherwas industrial zone southeast of Hereford.
    Part of the local HR Smith engineering group, Techtest’s new workspace will bring at least 50 new full-time jobs, and will include an apprentice school to train up workers locally. More.
  • A Herefordshire poultry firm’s bid to upgrade and expand a farm at a sensitive spot has been rejected over heritage and environmental concerns.
    Corbett Farms’ bid to build four sheds to house 36,000 laying birds would impact on the historic Shobdon Park in which it lies, a government-appointed planning inspector ruled. More.
  • A prominent Hereford car showroom and garage plans a new 50-metre long workshop with office space, in a bid to streamline its operation.
    Spa Motors of Eign Street already has permission to knock down three “deteriorating” workshop buildings to the rear of its city-centre showroom. More.
  • A large wooded garden in a Herefordshire village earmarked for new housing could be cleared for eight new homes.
    Outline planning permission is being sought to develop the acre of land at Shark House, Clehonger southwest of Hereford, next to which a larger housing development is currently stalled. More.
  • A large free-standing unit to provide sustainable heat and power for Hereford’s County Hospital has been approved – despite concerns that the two-storey-high plant, on what is currently car park off Union Walk, would be obtrusive and could damage historic remains. More.
  • In the first step towards creating Herefordshire’s next solar farm, Frome Valley Solar has been told it doesn’t need an environmental impact assessment for its planned scheme on 72 acres of farmland at Stoke Edith to the east of Hereford. More.