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Newent Town Hall Market Square Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1PS

P0154/26/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 10 black under lights to the Market House to illuminate the area beneath during winter evenings for improved safety and event use

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newent & Taynton
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Newent Town Hall Market Square Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1PS. Forest of Dean has handled 312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Newent conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newent & Taynton. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the GL18 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
GL18 1PS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newent

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
18 March 2026
Site notice start
24 February 2026
Site notice end
17 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14662848
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Newent Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Market HouseOn this site · +6 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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, National Landscapes, 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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