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Gleeson Land asks the council whether 250 homes on 11.5 hectares of turf fields off the A4103 need a full environmental assessment. Answer due 26 October.
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Events
What's On in Hereford: Jump Racing, Half Term, Then Fireworks
Jump racing returns on 13 October, Come From Away and RED fill half term, G4 sing in the cathedral on 18 November and the fireworks light up on 7 November.
House prices
Herefordshire House Prices: £289,607, Growth Slows to 1.8%
The county average rose 1.8% in the year to July 2026, down from 4.5% in June. Most of the slowdown is last July's jump dropping out, not falling prices.
Christmas
Santa's Grotto in Hereford 2026: Dates and Prices
St Michael's Hospice grotto at Bartestree runs 2 to 21 December 2026, from £24 a child, with SEN and baby nights. Plus the Enchanted Group show, 5 to 24 Dec.
Christmas
Hereford Cathedral at Christmas 2026: Hours and Concerts
Mappa Mundi museum: Monday to Saturday 10am to 4.30pm, £7.50, shut 25 and 26 Dec and 1 Jan, 2pm close on Christmas Eve. G4 on 18 Nov, Messiah on 12 Dec.
Schools
Aylestone School Expansion: £12.1m Deal, Places Slip 2028
The council has signed a £12.07m build contract for 300 extra places. Cabinet agreed in 2023 that the extra pupils would start in September 2026, not 2028.
Road safety
A4137 Marstow Crash: Police Want Sunday Dashcam Footage
A motorcyclist was seriously hurt at 5.40pm on Sunday. West Mercia wants dashcam footage, and our own DfT figures show the A4137 five-year record.
Hereford bypass
Hereford Bypass Costs Rise: Re-tender Now an Option
Cabinet's 24 September report says design changes have pushed costs up and much of £3.5m in planned savings is unachievable. Re-tendering is now a formal option.
Herefordshire Council
Herefordshire Council Budget: £11.6m Overspend Forecast
Herefordshire is forecasting an £11.6m overspend on its £234.1m budget three months in, and the reserve built to absorb exactly this is down to £1m.
Mental health
Hereford Pubs Get 20,000 Suicide Prevention Beer Mats
Herefordshire Mind has put 20,000 beer mats into over 40 Hereford pubs, bars and clubs, with a flowchart showing staff how to help someone in crisis.
Herefordshire Council
Lugwardine A438 Overtaking Ban: £439k Works Already Awarded
Lugwardine's £398,792 traffic calming contract, overtaking limits included, was signed off in July. Objections to the A438 overtaking ban close 18 September.
Schools
Peterchurch Primary School Opens £10m New Building
Pupils moved in on 7 September, and capacity rises from 105 to 140. The decision that funded it also promised an 8-place SEN Nurture Hub from this month.
Roads
Hereford Transport Hub Bus-Only Plan: Object by 2 Oct
A draft order advertised on 10 September would ban cars from the new Transport Hub access road off the A465. Objections close at noon on Friday 2 October.
Herefordshire is one council, one county and very little else in between. Hereford is the only city and holds about a third of the population. Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington are the market towns, and the rest is farmland, orchards and villages spread thinly right up to the Welsh border.
Hereford Today reports what the record shows across all of it. Herefordshire Council has been a unitary authority since 1998, so planning, bins, roads, licensing, council tax, schools and social care all sit with the same body, and there is nobody else to pass the question to. It publishes the evidence for its decisions where almost nobody reads it. We read it and write down what it says, with a link to the document every time.
Every fact links to the document it came from.