The Council proposes in the PDCS that its administrative area is divided into four charging zones for residential developments. A zero rate levy is proposed to apply in Zone 1, which covers the Leominster large scale greenfield urban extension. For developments in Zone 2, which covers Hereford Northern and Southern Rural Hinterland and Leominster, the proposed rate is £50 per square metre.
Zone 3 covers Hereford and Kingston and West Herefordshire and has a proposed rate of £100 per sq m. Zone 4 covers Ledbury, Ross and Rural Hinterland and Northern Rural and is subject to a proposed rate of £140 per sq m.
For comparison retail developments within the town centre, a rate of £90 per sq m is proposed. Outside the town centre, comparison retail developments are subject to a proposed rate of £125 per sq m.
All small convenience retail developments of up to 280 sq m are proposed to be subject to a rate of £80 per sq m. A rate of £120 per sq m is proposed for large convenience retail developments above 280 sq m.
For hotel developments, the proposed rate is £25 per sq m. A zero rate levy is proposed to apply to office, light industrial, general industrial, leisure and storage and distribution developments.
The consultation will be open until 22 April.
