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Search the Public Notice PortalA plan for new houses has been put forward land at a busy Herefordshire junction where previous proposals have failed.
A Mr and Mrs Beverley and Andrew Parkhill are seeking full planning permission (application 251603) to develop the former plant nursery site at Stony Cross, where the B4220 from nearby Cradley meets the main A4103 Hereford-Worcester road.
They plan to build six bungalows, one of one bedroom, four or two bedrooms and one of three.
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Being “dug low into the site, with creative mild contouring and sheltered behind dense landscaping”, the six would “retain the existing views of the Malvern Hills, whilst being orientated and designed for privacy, preventing visibility from the highway”, their application says.
The scheme would comprise “accessible, small-scale housing that directly addresses local housing needs, particularly for the elderly and first-time buyers”.
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With a village shop, doctors’ surgery, pharmacy and bus stop nearby, Stony Cross “is acknowledged by Herefordshire Council as a sustainable location for housing”, the application adds.
Yet housing plans for the site have not previously found favour with planners.
An application by Mr Parkhill to develop it over six years ago was refused and dismissed at a planning appeal, with a later bid in 2022 being withdrawn following objections.
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A revised bid in March 2023, proposing three single-storey timber-clad detached houses larger than those currently proposed, with flat, “green” (planted) roofs, was also refused permission, then dismissed at appeal last December.
The new proposal would use the same road access off the B4220 as was proposed in the refused application, as this was “not given as a reason for refusal”, the current application points out.
Comments on it can be made until July 17.
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