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Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire

P262107/FPlanning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions14 conditions

Proposal

Variation of 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 planning permission from 35 to 40 years from date when electrical power is first exported from the solar farm to the electricity grid network which is confirmed as 21 June 2024.

Submitted
20 July 2026
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 92 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. Herefordshire has handled 13,455 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Herefordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Hagley.

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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Application details

Application type
Planning Permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Jul

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 213963

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P262107/F
  2. 2026
    14 Jul

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition. (P213963/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideP262064/XA2

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