Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire HR1 4EP
Decided on 21 July 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission Not Required
Proposal
Non-material amendment to condition 2 of Planning permission 213963 (Proposed installation of a photovoltaic solar farm with associated infrastructure including inverters/transformers, battery storage and substation with client and DNO switching equipment with underground connection to the adjacent Dormington substation). To extend the life of the planning permission to 40 years from the date when electrical power was first exported from the solar farm to the electricity grid network, excluding electricity exported during initial testing and commissioning.
- Submitted
- 1 June 2026
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted1 Jun
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire HR1 4EP. Herefordshire has handled 1,194 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Hagley. We hold 4,126 applications in total for the HR1 postcode area.
88% of non material amendment 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
- HR1 4EP
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Herefordshire
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