The Mill Pool Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Approved on 23 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Remove Alder trees from front hedge. Reduce hedge down to approximately 10 feet in height. Pollard Hornbeam down to gutter height and shape Milkflower Cotoneaster tree.
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Longhope & Huntley
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Mill Pool Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Longhope conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Longhope & Huntley. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 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
- GL17 0LG
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Longhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 23 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Rob Hussey 2 Marshwell House Woodland Place Yorkley Lydney GL15 4SA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14709970
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Longhope Conservation Area
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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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