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Widemarsh Common Pavilion Widemarsh Common Road Hereford Herefordshire

P241939/FPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2024

Council decision: Approved with Conditions7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from non-residential institutions previously defined in the revoked class D1 to class E(b) for use as a cafe to service the local community and provide work experience for local young people. The layout is to match the existing. The external appearance as existing. Adjacent car parking which is council owned, for approx. 5 cars will remain as such with no change to existing availability and/or access. Soft and hard landscaping will remain as existing.

Received
31 July 2024
Ward
Widemarsh
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Widemarsh Common Pavilion Widemarsh Common Road Hereford Herefordshire. Herefordshire has handled 3,767 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Widemarsh Common conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Widemarsh.

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

Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hereford

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2024
Consultation expiry
6 September 2024
Consultation start
5 August 2024
Consultation end
6 September 2024
Last date for comments
6 September 2024
Target decision date
25 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 August 2024

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Widemarsh CommonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Holmer War MemorialOn this site · +1 more

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, 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, 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

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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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