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Search the Public Notice PortalA controversial plan to build 350 new homes, later reduced to 265, on a sensitive spot east of Hereford could still go ahead, as the developer has launched an appeal against its refusal by county planners late last year.
The bid by local firm STL Energy for outline permission to develop land south of the A438 Ledbury Road and west of the Lugg Meadows drew an unprecedented 1,700 objections as it went through various iterations from March 2024 onwards.
A local campaign group served as a focus for opposition, its Facebook group gaining over a thousand members. Co-organiser Jessica Wood warned back in October, with the bid heading for refusal, that it “could still go to appeal”.
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In December, Herefordshire Council gave seven reasons for refusing the bid including the “substantial, permanent, and irreversible harm” the scheme would cause to the “distinctive” landscape of the lower Lugg valley, leading to a “blurring of the transition between town and countryside”.
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But now the Government’s Planning Inspectorate has confirmed that a planning inquiry into the case will now be held, starting on November 10.
In the meantime, comments can be submitted to it until August 12.
Herefordshire Council’s planning page on the application does not yet include details of the appeal, but is expected to shortly.
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