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Homelands Farm Nordan Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0AJ

P243274/FPlanning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 2 May 2025

Council decision: Approved with Conditions18 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use, conversion/part demolition and extension of existing agricultural buildings including new buildings for the production of artisan chocolate/distillery (use Class B2), onsite parking and ancillary works. (For DOC 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 see 252406)

Received
23 December 2024
Ward
Bircher
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Homelands Farm Nordan Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0AJ. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bircher. We hold 5,202 applications in total for the HR6 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
HR6 0AJ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Luston

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2025
Consultation expiry
26 March 2025
Consultation start
11 February 2025
Consultation end
26 March 2025
Last date for comments
26 March 2025
Target decision date
6 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Latimer Planning llp Como House Como Road Malvern WR14 2TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Herefordshire

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