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"Skylon Tower will be beacon to existing and future investors attracted to the world class business landscape provided on the Hereford Enterprise Zone.†The Skylon Tower will aid inward investment by putting the enterprise zone literally on the map, and reinforcing the message “Here We Canâ€. Whether those aims are useful or not is open to debate. Although they claim the site will host 'pop up events' (yeuch) there is no provision at all for parking or easy pedestrian access or hard surfaces for such things.

The applicant is Hereford Enterprise Zone who also it seems own the land. The applicant also states that no pre-application advice has been sought from Herefordshire Council, which is rather surprising (or perhaps not, as increasingly the LEP are running the County). Fair does, they have submitted the most extensive design and access statement I have ever seen. It seems they put a ballon up to 46m and then took photos from just about everywhere in a 3 mile radius.

A very high and a very high quality scheme - all very laudable but I wonder how much it will cost and who is to pay for it. The road surface on the straight mile is terrible and rapidly getting worse with potholes developing on that very roundabout. Rather than looking to the skies, how about looking down and doing some basic housekeeping?

The applicants were given the opportunity to withdraw, but asked for a determination, indicating that they may well appeal.

After over 12 months of nagging planning enforcement, we finally get an application, yet the application is skewed by not mentioning the fact that it is retrospective - why have the council not flagged this as they always do? The wording is wrong - there are 12 signs, not 11. Does any business need 12 signs on one building? That includes one saying 'This sign is not an advert, it isn't promoting anything*, this sign is here to simply say that whoever you are, you matter'. Please, put this drivel on a fridge magnet, but not on a 5m wide sign in a conservation area. *it patently is an advert ...

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I went through a period of reporting potholes and also blocked gullies - perhaps 20 or so reports - not a single one was fixed and two gullies in particular are still blocked solid two years later. Gave up being treated with contempt. If anything, for cyclists, these blocked gullies are even more dangerous than potholes - at least you can see those. A flooded road hides who knows what? Cycle through it and risk hitting a hole, falling off and being run over or cycle around it and risk getting knocked off by the idiot in the Citroen Saxo doing 50mph in a 30 zone? Been for a ride this morning in the rain - saw literally dozens of dangerous holes and blocked gullies - why should we list them?

Are you the busty blonde in the article then?

A planning application has been submitted for the cycle track. HT report today £30k of public money coming from Hereford City Council, so not exactly guaranteed privately funded then. Also note that since this thread stared the NFTO cycling team closed at the end of last year when sponsors withdrew, despite doing fantastically well both in the UK and abroad. It's a tough financial climate out there.

It is the same one.

Whilst I can see that smaller sums in Social Care might need confidentiality, there is absolutely no excuse for concealing the nature of capital expenditure.

Double whammy - noreply AND hertfordshire!

From a letter written to the Agents today by the Planning Officer; There has been significant, strong objection to the above application, including the Council’s Conservation Officer, Hereford Society for Aiding the Industrious and Woolhope Naturalists Field Club. These can be viewed at: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/development-control/planning-applications/details?id=163699&search=163699 These objections support the advice given at pre-application advice stage. In summary that: the dwellings are important both architecturally and historically to the Garden City Movement the scale and detail of the proposed building takes no account of the local distinctiveness of this part of the conservation area As a whole it is considered that the scheme would result in harm to the conservation area and locally important buildings, and this is not outweighed by the benefit of providing seven additional units even in the context of a 5 year housing land supply shortfall. Please can you confirm if you wish to withdraw the application, within 7 days.

Some of it can - it has been designed so that 580 out of 1200 homes can be built without it. Don't see the headline on HT anymore though ...

Bartonsham History Group invite you to a talk by David Clarke on John Venn: Hereford's Great Social Reformer Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in The Old Brewery Room at The Barrels, 69 St. Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2JQ Entrance is also via the courtyard at the back. In the light of yet another proposal to demolish part of John Venn's legacy, this is timely. If you haven't already, please look at the application to demolish 5-7 Kyrle Street and submit your comments as soon as possible. This site is in the Central Conservation Area and demands conservation. If you would like to comment the application number is P163699/F. Submit your comments directly to the Planning Officer, Charlotte Atkins - catkins@herefordshire.gov.uk See also the topic on the application here http://www.herefordvoice.co.uk/topic/2416-re-development-of-5-7-kyrle-street-more-of-john-venns-legacy-in-danger/?hl=kyrle

Why does it need to be rebranded? It's The Old House, always will be, we have thousands of 'black and white houses' in the County.

Nope

Yes, Herefordshire Council website down yet again - who'd have thought it. How many millions do we pay for IT? I did take a look at the new beta site - it's terrible.

The Council fees thing is a red herring - a resubmission is free and the fees are small change anyway as a percentage of the construction cost. Of course, when Council's are able to set their own fee scales (currently set by Central Government), expect this to change very quickly! They'll look to the massive fees charged by the public (now private) utilities as a model - obstructive until money is paid.

Different rules for different folks - a few fields away, planning permission was granted 12 months ago for a new house for the brother of former Tory councillor Nick Nenadich, citing health grounds and a being a longstanding member of the community. Contrary to policy, a redirection was requested and granted and it was approved at committee. Of course, there was also Cllr Greenow who was granted planning permission for a new house in open countryside, contrary to policy and signed off by his friend and Tory chair of the planning committee ... http://herefordheckler.co.uk/herefordshires-planning-committee-a-tale-of-councillor-corruption/

It's never looked particularly open or inviting - the last time I pulled my car onto the forecourt, many years ago, I was met by a ranting woman telling me not to park, so we left. A July 2016 review on TripAdvisior gives it 2/5, so it was open then. Guide Price £995,000.

That was very quick off the mark - clearly a fall back if the Harold Street scheme failed. Rather a long way out of town, so adding to the inevitable commuter traffic in and out of town on worn out, overloaded roads, including increasing the load on the blighted Mordiford.

£5m+

Well, well, now we get an inkling of what really is happening about Section 106 monies - they don't get paid! http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14971695.Developer_said_106_money_will_be_paid_by_end_of_January/ Persimmon have effectively had a six year loan of £326k and public services and the council tax payer have had to suffer a result. Are they paying interest? Will lessons be learnt? Of course not. I suspect this is the tip of a huge iceberg.

Yes and yes. The Masons own and meet in the Masonic Hall (which was the Public Baths, with water heated by surplus heat from the adjacent Mill - Venn and his colleagues were amazingly inventive). The Herefordshire Masonic Housing Trust is a charity whose stated aims are defined are 'The relief of poor and/or disabled Masons and/or wifes and widows who are poor and/or disabled in particular the provision of accommodation in Herefordshire.' Accounts up to June 2014 show the Trust has some £1m in the bank. Comments to planning should be submitted by Wednesday 21 December - the public have stopped the demolition of the Working Boys Home and the Records Office (egg on Cllr Bramers face methinks) - let's see if we can do it a third time.