Car park (Plot 1A & 1B) together with Plots 4 & 5 East of Widemarsh Street Hereford Herefordshire HR4 9JU
Approved on 31 July 2025
Council decision: Approved with Conditions23 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed flood alleviation scheme to address historic flooding across the Merton Meadows area of the city.
- Received
- 25 April 2025
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Widemarsh
- ReceivedReceived25 Apr
- ValidatedValidated6 May
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Car park (Plot 1A & 1B) together with Plots 4 & 5 East of Widemarsh Street Hereford Herefordshire HR4 9JU. Herefordshire has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Widemarsh. We hold 3,899 applications in total for the HR4 postcode area.
94% of all 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
- HR4 9JU
- Application type
- Council Development Reg 3
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Hereford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2025
- Committee meeting
- 30 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Buttress 41 Bengal Street Ancoats Manchester M4 6AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 May 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 131
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202523 Dec
Submission of Biodiversdity Gain Plan in relation to attached to planning permission 251273
ApprovedBiodiversity Gain PlanP253703/BGP - 202512 Nov
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 & 11 attached to planning…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP253386/XA2 - 20259 Oct
Non-material amendment to planning permission 251273
ApprovedNon-material amendmentP252913/AM
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