In case you missed them, here are our top ten planning stories in Herefordshire over the past month.

  • A new 350-home estate has finally been given the go-ahead, five years after Persimmon Homes first applied to develop the Barons Cross site west of Leominster. More.
  • Budget grocery chain Lidl has brought back plans to build a store along with a new medical centre and children’s nursery on the edge of Ledbury. More.
  • Plans have been put forward for a ten-home development in Canon Pyon, a popular spot for new housing. More.
  • A plan to rebuild an industrial building in Ross-on-Wye destroyed by fire two years ago has been given the all-clear. More.
  • A developer has begun appeals to overturn the refusals to grant permission for his two new housing plans in Glewstone, south Herefordshire. More.
  • A Hereford indoor climbing centre in a former factory is seeking permission to remain in indefinite use, after its temporary planning permission expired. More.
  • A private residential homes company is seeking confirmation that it can use a building with a courtyard in Ross-on-Wye to house up to six abused children. More.
  • Plans to put up large Toys R Us window vinyls on the WH Smith shop in central Herefordshire shop would create a “dead frontage”, the retailer has been told. More.
  • The owner of a Herefordshire country property has been told an annex to it can’t be classed as a separate house. More.
  • Plans have been put forward to alter a former takeaway in Leominster to make it safer from vandals. More.