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Former Emergency Centre Arkwright Court Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8NF

P191722/FPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2020

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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Proposal

Proposed conversion of toilet block to one-bedroom flat. Ten mobility scooter stores with charging facilities and a new access to the publicfootpath. Conversion of redundant nuclear bunker to document storage facility (For DOC 3 see 201037).

Received
15 May 2019
Ward
Leominster East
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 261 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Emergency Centre Arkwright Court Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8NF. Herefordshire has handled 3,767 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 33 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Leominster Town conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Leominster East. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Herefordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HR6 8NF
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Leominster

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2019
Consultation expiry
29 July 2019
Consultation start
24 June 2019
Consultation end
29 July 2019
Last date for comments
29 July 2019
Target decision date
28 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
263 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 June 2019

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Leominster River MeadowsPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Community CentreOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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