Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall has submitted a planning application to Herefordshire Council to expand a rural woodland parking area near Aconbury Court Farm in south Herefordshire.
The proposal seeks to enlarge the existing parking plot beside the woodland, increasing capacity from three spaces to nine.
Estate representatives said the expansion would let visitors park alongside the woodland without blocking the entrance gate.
The plan is also intended to prevent disruptions to forestry operations and keep access clear for emergency vehicles.
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Official filings indicate the vacant site last underwent logging operations in December 2025, while regular maintenance activities continue.
Planning officials at the county council have not yet reached a final decision on the proposal.
The request follows structural adjustments across the £1.2 billion Duchy of Cornwall portfolio, a historic 135,000-acre landholding inherited by Prince William after King Charles III ascended the throne.
Recent developments include reports of plans to sell 20 percent of the broader estate.
The estate also finalized the sale of Hill and Seed Farms, a property spanning more than 600 acres on the border of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
The farmland was marked as sold on property platform Rightmove after listing earlier this year with a guide price of £6.65 million.
The sale aligns with Prince William's strategic shift to concentrate operations on five core areas: Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Dartmoor, Kennington, and the Bath region.
Herefordshire was not included among those designated focal regions.
