Hereford Voice Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Today we see the start of the groundworks in preparation for the controversial but recently approved Lidl planning application to demolish the Three Counties Hotel and build a Lidl Supermarket on the notorious congested hotspot A465 Belmont Road in Hereford. This planning application received hundreds of objections and a petition with over 1000 signatures from local people although some people were in support of another supermarket on the Belmont Road. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐! ๐ ๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 1.1 The โThree Counties Hotelโ is set back off Belmont Road (A465) Hereford to Abergavenny road and located in the south west of Hereford about 1.5 miles from the City Centre. The application site is about 1.66 hectares in size and currently has landscaped gardens (pond and patio area to the front which established trees) as well as car parking. The site is bounded by Belmont Road to the south, residential properties within Glastonbury Close to the north and east. To the south east is a wooded area and adjacent to that a โDrive Thruโ restaurant (McDonalds). To the west beyond the car park are residential dwellings in Flaxley Drive. The Newton Brook runs adjacent to the site to the west. The brook runs from Waterfield Road under Belmont Road and up alongside the Three Counties Hotel then into Glastonbury Close which also runs between Golden Post and Sydwell Road. Residential properties on the periphery of the site are a mix of semi-detached, terraced and detached properties. 1.2 A Tree Preservation Order covers 4 individual trees across the site, ref T1, T2, T3, & T4. The site is not located within a designated area known as a national Landscape (previously known as area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The site lies within Flood Zone 1 (low risk of flooding). The site is not located within or adjacent to a Conservation Area and there are no heritage assets (including non-designated heritage assets) within the site, adjoining the site or in close proximity. 1.3 The existing hotel (now closed) had 60 bedrooms with 32 located in an annex to the rear (known as the Garden Rooms). You can see our original 'Breaking News' article from March 2022 here ๐ https://hfd.news/Lidl ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Voice Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 The are some serious concerns over flooding in the Newton Brook, which has never flooded but they may change once the pond at the hotel is filled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.Wilson Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 This has to go down as one of Herefordshire Council planners worse decisions in my opinionย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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