Farm Planning Consultants in Herefordshire

One of England's most rural counties

Herefordshire is farming country through and through, with beef and sheep, cider orchards, soft fruit and arable land. You may need a livestock building, a fruit store, polytunnels or a new use for a traditional barn. A farm planning consultant in Herefordshire helps you win approval so the business can keep moving.

Phosphates, rivers and long delays

Herefordshire farmers know the River Wye and River Lugg story only too well. Phosphate rules in the Lugg catchment held up development for years and still add cost through phosphate credits and mitigation, while livestock and poultry units face close scrutiny over water quality. The Wye Valley and Malvern Hills National Landscapes add landscape tests. Farmers are too often blamed first and heard last.

A guide who understands the pressure

We know how unfair it feels when farming is cast as the problem. Our consultants act solely for the farming side. Part 6 prior approvals, Class Q and Class R conversions and full applications are what we do every day, and we prepare Herefordshire cases with phosphate, landscape and livestock questions answered before officers ask them. 95% of our applications are approved.

3 steps to permission

1. Ring 01206 481981. Walk us through the holding and the change you want.
2. We prepare the case. We look at nutrient, landscape and highways issues early and choose the best route.
3. We work the process. We lodge the application, deal with consultees and keep pressing for an outcome.

Herefordshire coverage

• Herefordshire Council area
• The River Lugg catchment
• The Wye valley
• The Wye Valley National Landscape
• The Malvern Hills National Landscape
• The Golden Valley
• The Welsh border hills around Kington
• The Frome and Leadon valleys

We help farms near Hereford, Leominster, Ledbury, Ross on Wye, Kington, Bromyard, Weobley, Pembridge, Peterchurch and Much Marcle, and we know the farming community that turns out each year for the Kington Show.

Proud Herefordshire producers

Herefordshire gave the world the Hereford breed of cattle and is the heart of English cider, with Westons at Much Marcle and the cider mills of Hereford. Haygrove near Ledbury became a leading soft fruit grower, and Tyrrells crisps began on a potato farm near Leominster. Every one of those stories needed buildings and planning consent. Yours can be next.

A dedicated farm planning firm

Herefordshire landowners often use firms such as Sunderlands, Brightwells, Knight Frank, Savills and Strutt & Parker. Foxes Rural works purely on planning for farms, so your application has specialist focus from the start.

The risk of a wrong move

A refused poultry or cattle unit can leave a supply contract hanging, and a building without consent invites enforcement. With rules still shifting, delay adds cost.

The farm you are aiming for

Picture well housed stock, a busy fruit or cider business and a barn earning income again. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 to start.