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The Rectory Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4PS

P263123/KWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaPending Decision

Proposal

T1: Common yew hedge - reduce the whole hedge in height to leave approx 9ft high (keeping arch) and hedge trimming both sides with contours of the hedge to leave tidy.

Received
21 October 2026
Target decision date
2 December 2026
Ward
Backbury
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Herefordshire100% of works to trees in a conservation area applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a planning application at The Rectory Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4PS. Herefordshire has handled 1,732 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 41 days. It was submitted on 21 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Fownhope conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Backbury. We hold 4,097 applications in total for the HR1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
P263123/K
Address
The Rectory Fownhope Hereford Herefordshire HR1 4PS
Postcode
HR1 4PS
Local Authority
Herefordshire
Application Type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Valid
Ward
Backbury
Parish
Fownhope

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 October 2026
Target Decision Date
2 December 2026
Date Validated
21 October 2026
Date Submitted
21 October 2026
Consultation End
12 November 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Nicholas McGowan

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
52.005066, -2.610415
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Herefordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fownhope
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • 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, 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, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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