Published 12/11/2026 By William Turtle-Clark

Fresh details have emerged regarding a major housing development set to expand Hereford southward, revealing that the first homes could be occupied a full year before a new main road junction onto the A49 is completed.

Housebuilder Bellway Homes, which is marketing the site as Pomona Grove, has submitted new phasing documents to Herefordshire Council following its reserved matters application earlier this year to build 201 homes on 10 hectares of farmland off Grafton Lane, just south of the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.

Outline permission for up to 230 homes was originally granted to Taylor Wimpey by a single vote in 2022.

Under the newly submitted phasing strategy, a signal-controlled junction will be constructed where the estate’s main access road meets the A49 opposite Romany Way. While the northern tip of Grafton Lane will remain open solely to serve four existing properties, the rest of the lane will connect to the new A49 junction so agricultural vehicles do not have to route through residential streets.

However, the documents state that securing approval from National Highways for the A49 junction could take around 18 months, meaning it may not open until September 2028.

Despite that delay, Bellway aims to begin construction on the northeastern section of the site as early as January, subject to final planning approval later this year. That initial phase of 51 properties, including social housing, could be occupied by next September, relying on a widened section of the existing Grafton Lane for temporary access for twelve months until the new A49 junction is operational.

While public comments are closed on the phasing condition application, representations are still being logged on the wider reserved matters application.