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Castle Inn Little Birch Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8BB

P261211/FPlanning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 31 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of former public house (Sui Generis) with associated existing residential accommodation to a single dwellinghouse (Class C3), with no external alterations.

Submitted
1 June 2026
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Castle Inn Little Birch Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8BB. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Birch. We hold 6,432 applications in total for the HR2 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 permanent loss of a public house and insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that that there is are no appropriate alternative facilities 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 and RA6 of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy, Policy LBA9 of the Little Birch Neighbourhood Development Plan and Paragraphs 88, 96 and 98 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HR2 8BB
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.

  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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