Herefordshire golf clubhouse approved to convert into a residence
To justify his latest plan, Walton stated that the course “was losing a substantial amount of money every year” and that it couldn’t keep up with nearby clubs that offered “better facilities.”
The new proposal drew no objections from highways authorities, ecological planners, or water-supply officials, nor from parish councils or local residents.
Planning officer Ollie Jones assessed that there was “no realistic chance” the site could be viably reestablished as a golf club, a view the council did not interpret as a loss to the county from a policy standpoint.
He added that securing the long-term use of a redundant building and preventing unnecessary demolition made the change “justified and acceptable in principle.”
This report comes from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (https://www.bbc.co.uk/lnp/ldrs), which monitors councils and other public services.
