Planning application
Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 213963 (Proposed installation of a photovoltaic solar farm with associated infrastructure including inverters/transformers, battery storage and substation with client and DNO switching equipment with underground connection to the adjacent Dormington substation) to extend the planning permission from 35 to 40 years from date when electrical power is first exported from the solar farm to the electricity grid network which is confirmed as 21 June 2024.
As published by the council, reference P262107/F
Application record
- Reference
- P262107/F
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 20 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hagley
- Parish
- Lugwardine
Site history
Applications at this address on the Herefordshire, County of register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P262064/XA2 Granted
Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire
Application for approval of details reserved by condition. (P213963/F)
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P230120/XA2 Granted
Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 7 & 9 attached to planning permission 213963/F
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jul 2026
Received by Herefordshire, County of
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Herefordshire, County of took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit Dormington Herefordshire
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Granted Conditions 4 docs -
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Granted Amendments 4 docs -
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Decided Outline 1 doc -
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