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Elton Farm Newnham Gloucestershire

P0311/26/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Update of approx 220m of an existing 2 wire 240 volt wood pole overhead lines to 4 wires 240 volts to upgrade supply to Elton Farm.

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westbury-on-Severn
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Elton Farm Newnham Gloucestershire. Forest of Dean has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Westbury-on-Severn.

93% of all 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

Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westbury On Severn

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 April 2026
Site notice end
23 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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