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Land on the south side of Sawpitts Lane Symonds Yat Herefordshire HR9 6BP

P231746/FPlanning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 2 November 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The proposal is to extend and convert the existing rural building into a two bedroom, residential dwelling, with associated parking and turning area.

Received
6 June 2023
Ward
Kerne Bridge
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land on the south side of Sawpitts Lane Symonds Yat Herefordshire HR9 6BP. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Kerne Bridge. We hold 4,980 applications in total for the HR9 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
HR9 6BP
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2023
Consultation expiry
18 July 2023
Consultation start
23 June 2023
Consultation end
18 July 2023
Last date for comments
18 July 2023
Target decision date
1 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
MJB Technical Services Ltd 5 Railway Cottages Holmewood Chesterfield S42 5RQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • 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, 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

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.

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

Source: Herefordshire

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