Weobley High School Weobley Hereford Herefordshire HR4 8ST
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
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Proposal
Prior approval for proposed roof mounted solar panels.
- Received
- 8 December 2025
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Weobley
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Weobley High School Weobley Hereford Herefordshire HR4 8ST. Herefordshire has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Weobley conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Weobley. We hold 3,899 applications in total for the HR4 postcode area.
100% of (part 14) all classes - prior approval 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 8ST
- Application type
- (Part 14) All Classes - Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Weobley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Luke Strange Architecture Ltd 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 May
The dismantling, removal and disposal of a single storey modular classroom and replacement with a two-storey…
ApprovedCouncil Development Reg 3P261294/CD3 - 201713 Apr
Additional Special Education Needs accommodation to provide for new pupils starting in the school September…
ApprovedCouncil Development Reg 3P171379/CD3 - 20168 Jun
Propose to fell Poplar tree (T1).
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP161808/K
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