PERMISSION has been given to build 18 new homes in Much Birch.

The Herefordshire Council Planning Committee granted the permission last week to build at Court Farm in Much Birch.

The scheme includes 12 detached dwellings and six semi-detached dwellings.

Concerns were raised about the access road, which is very narrow, and used by a variety of people.

But agent Dean Benbow said there had been no objection from the Highways Agency.

He said developers would provide funding to improve pedestrian access within the village and offered to upgrade the crossing on A49.