More than 40 villagers have objected to proposals to cover around 88 acres with polytunnels for strawberry production. Soft fruit farmer George Leeds has submitted new plans for the land at Highway, Lodge and Haycroft Farm in Ocle Pychard. Mr Leeds purchased the former council-owned smallholding in 2017.
Herefordshire Council granted the site planning permission earlier this year but that application is now subject to a legal challenge by the Campaign to Protect Rural England. Almost 400 people signed a petition opposing the previous plans for the site.
But county planners approved the controversial scheme by the slightest of margins. The then planning committee chairman Phil Cutter used his casting vote to break the deadlock and approve the scheme.
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