Find out about the planning applications we are working on...

Our main focus at present is two appeals against planning refusals. The first is for 265 homes and employment space on land east of Hereford, next to the Lugg Meadows nature reserve (P240422). The developer cut the scheme from 350 homes in 2025, but Herefordshire Council refused it in December 2025, and the developer has appealed. The second is the anaerobic digester proposed at Whitwick Manor, Lower Eggleton (P222728), which would process around 100,000 tonnes of poultry manure a year (Bioenergy news, 27 July 2026). The council also refused this application in December 2025, and the owner’s appeal went to a public inquiry in October 2026.

The applications we respond to have changed in recent years. Proposals such as Whitwick Manor need an understanding of complex technical processes as well as planning law, so we sometimes seek advice from specialists.

If you are looking for some advice on how to respond to a planning application, CPRE have recently updated their guidance.

Download Responding to a Planning Application document here

We also have lots of information on our website about how to influence an application.

Find out more here

For further guidance on planning applications, please contact our PLAN team by email: admin@cpreherefordshire.org.uk.

Other applications our PLAN team has worked on:

Of the 15 planning applications our PLAN team has objected to, 7 have been refused, withdrawn or dismissed at appeal. Another 2 were refused by Herefordshire Council and are now being appealed. 5 have been approved, one of them on appeal, and 1 is still awaiting a decision.

2024

• P241400/F Agricultural dwelling at Whitethorn Farm, Carey. Overdevelopment of a small farm in the Wye Valley National Landscape (AONB), impact on local footpaths. APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS (June 2025)
• P241532/F Variation of planning permission from fertile egg production to eggs for human consumption at White House Farm, Clifford. WITHDRAWN (July 2024)
• P240655/F and P240298/F Polytunnels and seasonal workers’ caravans, part retrospective, at Huntington. REFUSED, APPEALS DISMISSED (August 2025)
• P241510/F Solar farm at Stoke Edith. Industrial development in open countryside. APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS (July 2025)
• P240422/F Up to 265 dwellings and employment space on land east of Hereford, reduced from 350 in 2025. In open countryside, next to the flood plain, impact on Lugg Meadows SSSI, on grade 1 and 2 agricultural land. REFUSED (December 2025), APPEAL PENDING
• P232727/F Glamping pods at Banbh Farm, Breinton. REFUSED, APPEAL DISMISSED (September 2024)

2023

• P230558/F Variation of planning permission at Caplor Farm, Fownhope. APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS (April 2023)
• P232851/F Conversion and extension of farmstead, new garage and plant storage building at Aubreys, Longtown. REFUSED (September 2024), APPEAL ALLOWED (July 2025)
• P231390/F Battery storage facility on land south of Peterstow Gas Compressor Station, Hentland. Impact on landscape, noise and light pollution, wildlife, River Wye catchment and Wye Valley National Landscape (AONB). APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS (March 2025)
• P230357/O 70 houses and employment site at Whitfield Estate, Wormbridge. Development in open countryside, scale of development for the small settlement of Wormbridge, impact on nearby listed buildings. AWAITING DECISION
• P223221/F Traveller pitch and amenity building on land west of Whyle Brook, Hamnish, Kimbolton. Development in open countryside contravenes Herefordshire Core Strategy policies RA2, RA3, H4, SD4, LD2 and Kimbolton Neighbourhood Plan policies K5 and K10. REFUSED (October 2024)
• P223610/F Retrospective change of use of a storage lagoon from water to water and anaerobic digestate at Bowley Court Farm, Hope under Dinmore. Impacts on wildlife. WITHDRAWN (October 2025)
• P222625/N Retention of slurry tank for storage of dirty water at Much Fawley Farm. Impacts on wildlife. WITHDRAWN (February 2025)
• P223196/F Restoration and extension of farmstead at Aubreys, Llanveynoe. REFUSED (July 2023)
• P222728/N Large anaerobic digester and grain stores at Whitwick Manor, Lower Eggleton. Impacts on landscape, highways, drainage, water consumption, heritage, archaeology, ecology and biodiversity. REFUSED (December 2025), APPEAL PENDING

2022

In 2022 of 13 applications responded to 7 were refused (including a large polytunnel application in Huntington, Kington), 4 were withdrawn or are being appealed, and only 3 were approved.

In summary:

We hope this gives you a better idea of how we are working hard to protect the Herefordshire countryside.  Click here for our guidance on influencing a planning application or see below.  If you need further assistance about an application you think maybe damaging to our countryside email us at admin@cpreherefordshire.org.uk.

We are looking for volunteers to assist our PLAN team

Planning experience is ideal, but training can be provided. If you believe in protecting our landscape and countryside and have time to help please complete to sign up form via button below:

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