Relocation of Hereford Livestock Market

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• Relocation of Hereford Livestock Market
• Planning policy issues
• David Nicholson
• Forward Planning Manager

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Planning issues

• The search for a new site
• Brownfield or greenfield
• Future planning considerations

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The search for a new site

• Not a new process
• Exhaustive site search since 2000, initially
  through the preparation of the UDP
• Principles reflect livestock catchments, trading
  patterns and transport factors
• A relocated Hereford Livestock Market should be
  at or around Hereford
• The north west of Hereford should be the favoured
  area of search

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Brownfield or greenfield

• Brownfield limited opportunities
• Rotherwas poor location for catchment
• Preferred option
• site on the edge of the urban area, to the north
  west of Hereford
• good road access for buyers and sellers
• meets the planning criteria in the UDP

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Future planning considerations

• Planning application will be assessed on land use
  planning issues only
• Other matters will not be relevant
• Any planning permission will be an exception to
  normal planning controls over greenfield
  development
• These controls will be maintained on neighbouring
  land in the UDP

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Location of livestock
Cattle 127,035
Sheep 655,951
Source DEFRA, Agricultural Census, 2004
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Vendors of livestock
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Buyers of livestock
Buyers of livestock
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Numbers of Animals Purchased