THREE SETTLEMENTS

THE PLAN ENVISAGES DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE THREE LARGEST SETTLEMENTS

CRUSE (49*), CHURCH (30), GOODRICH CROSS/DEAN SWIFT (53)

THE ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT IS OLD FORGE (18) BUT THIS IS TOO DISTANT AND SMALL TO BE CONSIDERED

OTHER AREAS – WELSH BICKNOR, COPPETT HILL ETC. ARE CONSIDERED AS OPEN COUNTRYSIDE

* Current number of houses

BEFORE 2011 DEVELOPMENT WAS ONLY ALLOWED (BY HEREFORDSHIRE’S PLANNING RULES IN THE CRUSE AND CHURCH

AREAS

SINCE THE MID 1990s 28 HOUSES (17 SINCE 2010) HAVE BEEN BUILT OR HAVE PLANNING PERMISSION IN THESE AREAS

THERE IS NO LONGER SCOPE TO BUILD MORE THAN A FEW MORE HOUSES WITHIN THE OLD BOUNDARIES WITHOUT IMPACTING LANDSCAPE, VIEWS

AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS

THE THREE SETTLEMENTS

THE OLD ‘VILLAGE ENVELOPE’

Valid to 2011 and then abandoned