Castle Farm Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Approved on 17 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Felling of the Ash tree (near end of life) to ground level, to allow access for repair works to the boundary wall and prevent further damage to stone boundary wall.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Newland & Sling
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Castle Farm Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Clearwell conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Newland & Sling. We hold 994 applications in total for the GL16 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
- GL16 8LG
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 April 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Clearwell Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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