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Land at White Wells Laskett Lane Much Birch Herefordshire HR2 8HZ

P232356/FPlanning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 24 October 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of building erected under planning permission 191406 (Variation of condition 2 following planning permission of 172318 (Appeal Decision APP/W1850/W/17/3183263 (Proposed two storey building for dance studio, gym, treatment room, office with client accommodation) - using a different company to design the building) - to a residential 2 storey, 3 bedroom detached unit, on same footprint to previous application (excluding external staircase and no fire evacuation lights)

Submitted
2 September 2023
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land at White Wells Laskett Lane Much Birch Herefordshire HR2 8HZ. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Birch. We hold 6,432 applications in total for the HR2 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
HR2 8HZ
Application type
Planning Permission

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

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.

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.

Source: Herefordshire

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