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The Elms School Walwyn Road Colwall Herefordshire WR13 6EF

P210881/FPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2021

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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Proposal

Proposed change of Use of from Class C3 residential to Class E(f) Day nursery of the ground floor of a residential property located within the grounds of The Elms School.

Received
3 March 2021
Ward
Hope End
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Elms School Walwyn Road Colwall Herefordshire WR13 6EF. Herefordshire has handled 3,767 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Hope End. We hold 1,736 applications in total for the WR13 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
WR13 6EF
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Colwall

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2021
Consultation expiry
29 April 2021
Consultation start
1 April 2021
Consultation end
29 April 2021
Last date for comments
29 April 2021
Target decision date
14 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Q&A Planning The Stables Paradise Wharf Ducie Street, Manchester M1 2JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2021

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Bridge CottageOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Malvern Hills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Source: Herefordshire

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