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4 Mortimer Close Orleton Ludlow Herefordshire SY8 4PG

P253481/FHFull HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions4 conditions

Proposal

Demolition of existing chimney, conversion of garage to ancillary accommodation, cavity wall with rear door and porch to side.

Received
3 December 2025
Ward
Bircher
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 4 Mortimer Close Orleton Ludlow Herefordshire SY8 4PG. Herefordshire has handled 6,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Orleton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Bircher. We hold 2,989 applications in total for the SY8 postcode area.

96% of full householder 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
SY8 4PG
Application type
Full Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Orleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Consultation expiry
23 January 2026
Consultation start
19 December 2025
Consultation end
23 January 2026
Last date for comments
23 January 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Keith Pearce Architectural and Surveying Services Glenhaydan Donkey Lane Ashford Carbonel Ludlow Shropshire SY8 4DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Orleton
  • 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, 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.

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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