Ashley Moor Hall Ashley Moor Orleton Ludlow Herefordshire SY8 4JJ
Approved on 28 September 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
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Proposal
Prior approval application for the change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible office use falling within class E (commercial, business or service).
- Received
- 4 August 2026
- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Ward
- Bircher
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation26 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided28 Sep
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Ashley Moor Hall Ashley Moor Orleton Ludlow Herefordshire SY8 4JJ. Herefordshire has handled 31 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings 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.
100% of (part 3) class r - 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
- SY8 4JJ
- Application type
- (Part 3) Class R - Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Orleton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Watkins Rural Ltd Lower Llangunnock Three Ashes Hereford Herefordshire HR2 8LX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 August 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn About 50 Metres North West of Ashley Moor FarmhouseOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Ancient woodland: Calders CoppicePart of the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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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Source: Herefordshire
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