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Dean Valley Manor The Fence St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RB

P0322/26/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 8 June 2026

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from Use Class C1 hotel to a mixed-use wedding and conference venue (Sui Generis), including associated operational works comprising the conversion of the existing swimming pool building to a ceremony/function space, installation of a woodchip area and temporary marquee within the grounds, creation of an overflow parking area accessed from the existing car park, and alterations to existing lodge parking; together with the partial change of use of the hotel to provide caretaker's accommodation and the change of use of one holiday lodge to provide manager's accommodation, with the remaining holiday lodges retained as guest accommodation in connection within the wedding and conference venue.

Received
16 March 2026
Ward
St Briavels
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Dean Valley Manor The Fence St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RB. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 84 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across St Briavels. We hold 2,311 applications in total for the GL15 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
GL15 6RB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Briavels

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation start
30 April 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
31 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Alex Hall Red Lodge Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2026
Site notice start
5 May 2026
Site notice end
26 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
106

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Mar

    Proposed change of use from Use Class C1 hotel to a mixed-use wedding and conference venue (Sui Generis)…

    This applicationWithdrawnFullP0322/26/FUL
  2. 2026
    16 Mar

    Listed building consent for alterations to part of hotel to provide caretaker's accommodation and associated…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideP0323/26/LBC

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