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Squirrels Greenway Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LL

P0360/26/LD1Lawful Development Section 191Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: LDC IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application under Section 191 to establish whether the existing use of The Squirrels as a residential childrens home for up to five children with continuous staff support is lawful

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Squirrels Greenway Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LL. Forest of Dean has handled 447 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newnham. We hold 443 applications in total for the GL14 postcode area.

100% of amendment 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
GL14 3LL
Application type
Lawful Development Section 191
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littledean

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
27 March 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026
Last date for comments
6 May 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Tim Barker No.41 Upper Park Street Cheltenham GL52 6SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 April 2026
Site notice end
6 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14791967
Documents
16

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    10 Jun

    Erection of a lodge for respite breaks/holidays.

    RefusedFull ApplicationP0854/13/FUL

Source: Forest of Dean

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