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Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire HR1 4EP

P213963/FPlanning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 27 May 2022

Proposal

Proposed installation of a photovoltaic solar farm with associated infrastructure including inverters/transformers, battery storage and substation with client and DNO switching equipment with underground connection to the adjacent Dormington substation. (For DOC 6, 11 & 12 see 224195) (For DOC 7 & 9 see 230120) (DOC 13 see 241305) (For DOC 14see 242537)

Submitted
25 October 2021
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire HR1 4EP. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 214 days, 23 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Hagley. We hold 4,126 applications in total for the HR1 postcode area.

92% of planning permission 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
HR1 4EP
Application type
Planning Permission

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Jul

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition. (P213963/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP262064/XA2
  2. 2021
    25 Oct

    Proposed installation of a photovoltaic solar farm with associated infrastructure including…

    This applicationApprovedPlanning PermissionP213963/F

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