St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Close, Hereford (church to 52-bed care home)

6010739·Herefordshire·3 Sept 2026allowed·251696

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶10

“the lack of local services and facilities in rural areas”

Summary

Demolition of a redundant Hereford church and its replacement with a 52-bed care home. The appeal was allowed. The loss of a place of worship met HC6 through limb (c), sufficient alternative provision, and marketing was not required for a church. The inspector found significant harm to neighbours' privacy and outlook, in conflict with the development plan. Under S4 that harm did not substantially outweigh substantial weight for reuse of under-used land and for care-bed need where the council has 3.11 years' supply.

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010739.txt

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