Herefordshire Council has prepared a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in the form of a development brief, which affects the former Whitecross High School site, Baggallay Street, Hereford. The brief was approved for adoption on 15th June 2006.
The brief outlines how the former school site could be redeveloped for housing, new educational provision and open space. Whitecross School itself has been relocated to a new site at Three Elms Road, Hereford – which opened early June 2006.
The purpose of the brief is to describe Herefordshire Council’s vision for a sustainable redevelopment of the site, to help prospective developers achieve a high quality development and to maximise the site’s contribution to the local area. It supplements Policy H2 of the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan (UDP), which identifies the site for housing and community use and will be a material consideration in the determination of any future planning applications for its development. A sustainability appraisal is included as an Appendix. The document itself can be viewed in the Resources box below.
A separate Final Consultation Statement shows how and when the community were involved in the preparation of the brief and how it was amended to take on board the comments received. An Adoption Statement represents the formal notice of adoption under Regulation 19 of the Town and Country (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004. Both documents can be viewed in the Resources box below.
Hard copies of all three documents can be viewed at Hereford Library, which is open at varying times from Tuesday to Saturday (Tel: 01432 383600).
If you need help to understand a document, or would like it in another format or language, please call 01432 260500 or email info@herefordshire.gov.uk