Quarry Works Church Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SW
Refused on 1 May 2026
Delegated (officer decision)9 conditions
Proposal
Partial change of use of commercial plot to residential use and the erection of a self-build dwelling with associated works
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lydbrook
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 Apr
- TargetTarget Date29 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Quarry Works Church Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SW. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Lydbrook. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 postcode area.
91% of full 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 9SW
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lydbrook
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 28 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Jonathan Donovan 1 Clay Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 27 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 56
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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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.
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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Forest of Dean
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