BELMONT RURAL PARISH PLAN

Planning

Present position

From being the most contentious subject on the estate, large-scale planning matters are now becoming a thing of the past. With the completion of the Jennings and Persimmon sites, major development will cease. There remains only the outstanding Tesco expansion application and the future of the land to the north of Dorchester Way. The proposals for a site near Belmont Abbey and another south of Westholme Road (in which Herefordshire Council might, as a concession, acquire an adjacent 11-acre field) are outside the parish.

See appendix b for Herefordshire Council’s view of current planning matters in Belmont.

Identifying issues

The end of building does not mean the end of developers or the problems they bring. The Landfill, the Northolme Centre and the “Dorchester Way land” remain in developers’ hands.

Policy

• Press Herefordshire Council to adopt the Landfill, the pavilion and the adjacent five-a-side pitch. Adoption depends on the developers bringing the areas up to an acceptable standard. Hereford’s legal department is being urged to see that this is done and that all outstanding p rojects are taken into public ownership

• Continue to resist further development within the parish.

• Continue to oppose development within 50 m of Landfill.

• Continue to press for the principle of off-street parking where residence extensions increase the number of bed-spaces and/or reduce the availability of garage parking

• Maintain pressure on Herefordshire Council to adopt all vacant land in private ownership (ie, land to north of Dorchester Way).

• Continue involvement in the Tesco planning application to ensure the parish gets as much benefit as possible.

• Monitor developments round the parish boundary (ie, the site at Belmont Abbey and the “housing/country park proposals”).

Partners

Herefordshire Council planning department
Herefordshire Council legal department
Herefordshire Council policy and community
Herefordshire Council parks department