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Birdwood Methodist Church Chapel Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AR

P0178/03/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 29 January 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class D1 (Chapel) to Class B1 use, with alterations to provide ancillary living accommodation. (Restoration of fireplaces and antiques).

Received
4 December 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Birdwood Methodist Church Chapel Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AR. Forest of Dean has handled 447 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,576 applications in total for the GL2 postcode area.

100% of amendment 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
GL2 8AR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Churcham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2003
Consultation expiry
13 January 2004
Consultation start
13 January 2004
Consultation end
13 January 2004
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2003
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2003
Last date for comments
27 January 2004
Target decision date
29 January 2004
Permission expires
29 January 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2003
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2004
Site notice start
15 December 2003
Site notice end
5 January 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 Sep

    Change of use of former chapel to residential dwelling (class C3), erection of ground-floor and first-floor…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationP1105/24/FUL
  2. 2024
    10 Sep

    Listed building consent for the change of use of former chapel to residential dwelling (class C3), erection…

    ApprovedListed building consentP1106/24/LBC
  3. 2018
    22 May

    Discharge of Condition 13 (Footway Construction) of planning permission P1565/17/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP0058/18/DISCON
  4. 2017
    28 Sep

    Variation of condition 02 (Approved plans); 04 (hard & soft landscaping); 09 (root protection); 10 (approved…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P1565/17/FUL
  5. 2017
    11 Sep

    Discharge of condition 08 (external lighting) of planning permission P0247/16/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP0081/17/DISCON
  6. 2017
    24 Mar

    Variation of conditions (02) approved plans, (04) hard and soft landscaping, (09) root protection and (10)…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P0485/17/FUL

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