Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Approved on 2 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Fell medium sized Ash tree on rear boundary of property. The tree has grown too large, is damaging boundary wall, has early signs of infection with Ash Dieback Disease and is within falling distance of an outbuilding.
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Briavels
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across St Briavels. We hold 2,311 applications in total for the GL15 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Forest of Dean District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GL15 6RG
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Briavels
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Laureldene Sling GL16 8LU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 22 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14597973
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St Briavels Conservation AreaPart of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Forest of Dean
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