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The Wheelwrights Pencombe Herefordshire HR7 4RN

P252087/FPlanning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 21 November 2025

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from a public house (Sui Generis) to a dwellinghouse (Class C3).

Submitted
4 August 2025
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Wheelwrights Pencombe Herefordshire HR7 4RN. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Hampton. We hold 2,000 applications in total for the HR7 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in the loss of a public house which is a valued community facility. Insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that that there is an appropriate alternative facility available, that the facility is no longer required, viable, or no longer fit for purpose, and that adequate marketing of the property at a realistic price has been carried out. As such, the proposal is contrary to Policy SC1 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, and Paragraph 88, 96, and 98 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HR7 4RN
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.

  • 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

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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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Source: Herefordshire

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