24/1/22: Have your say in the Local Plan
24 January 2022
Herefordshire’s new Local Plan will shape growth and development across the county up until 2041, ensuring that Herefordshire Council deliver the required housing, alongside the jobs, infrastructure and services to support growth in a way that is appropriate for the rural and historic character of the County. It will replace the Core Strategy 2011-2031.
The Herefordshire Local Plan 2021-2041 Spatial Options 6 week consultation is now underway and Herefordshire Council would like to hear what you think. The Government wants to significantly increase the supply of new housing across the country. Local plans are required to make provision for this housing need, unless there are exceptional circumstances that outweigh the benefits of providing the housing.
For Herefordshire, this means 850 dwellings per year over the next 20 years, which rounds up to 17,000 dwellings. However, over 5,000 existing planning permissions for housing can be taken into account, which will count towards achieving the target.
The Local Plan will seek to ensure that the housing requirement is fulfilled, and development is located and designed in a way which requires less energy use, whilst increasing the amount of energy generated from renewable sources, with a requirement for all new development to be net zero carbon by 2030.The first consultation explores how residential development could be distributed across the county.
A number of options are being considered and the County Council are seeking views on them, as well as the vision and objectives. The deadline for responses is 28th February 2022.
To find out more and take part, please go to https://hlp.commonplace.is/