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Post Offices Stores Cradley Herefordshire WR13 5NF

P212530/FPlanning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 22 October 2021

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Proposal

Proposed change of use of the shop floor space to residential (such that the mixed use is extinguished and the property becomes exclusively C3 residential)

Received
25 June 2021
Ward
Bishops Frome & Cradley
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Post Offices Stores Cradley Herefordshire WR13 5NF. Herefordshire has handled 3,767 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Cradley conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Bishops Frome & Cradley. 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 5NF
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cradley

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2021
Consultation expiry
6 September 2021
Consultation start
22 July 2021
Consultation end
6 September 2021
Last date for comments
6 September 2021
Target decision date
1 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tompkins Thomas Planning 13 Langland Drive Hereford Herefordshire HR4 0QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 July 2021

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Post OfficeOn this site · +3 more
  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    22 Nov

    Proposed works to Pine Trees x 2. There is a large root obstructing the ditch, stopping excess water flowing…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP194083/K
  2. 2015
    2 Jun

    Proposed amendments to existiing approved scheme for the change of usefrom ancillary building to single…

    ApprovedListed building consentP151667/L
  3. 2015
    2 Jun

    Proposed amendments to existing approved scheme for the change of use from ancillary building to single…

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionP151665/F
  4. 2014
    19 Feb

    Change of use from ancillary building to single dwelling house, including associated works.

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionP140556/F
  5. 2014
    19 Feb

    Change of use from ancillary building to single dwelling house, including associated works.

    ApprovedListed building consentP140558/L
  6. 2013
    4 Jun

    Change of use from shop to residential use

    RefusedPlanning PermissionP131498/F

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