Plans for holiday units approved

Plans by a member of Herefordshire Council to convert former stables and a storage building into two self-contained holiday units have been approved by members of the authority's planning committee at their meeting on Friday, January 18.

The site is at Stanley Hill Court, Bosbury, and the applicant is Councillor Kay Swinburne, Herefordshire Council ward member for Ledbury. As she is a member of the council, the application has to be dealt with by the main planning committee.

Bosbury Parish Council felt the scheme would provide more holiday accommodation in the area.

The Council for the Protection of Rural England objected, feeling holiday lets would give rise to increased traffic movement, noise and other disturbance.

One letter of objection was received concerned at the harm the scheme would cause to the amenity of nearby residents.