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Unicorn House Market Place Coleford Gloucestershire

P0399/14/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 June 2014

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of residential flat to increase cafe floor area. (part retrospective)

Received
10 March 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coleford Central
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unicorn House Market Place Coleford Gloucestershire. Forest of Dean has handled 447 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Coleford conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coleford

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2014
Consultation expiry
6 June 2014
Consultation start
16 May 2014
Consultation end
6 June 2014
Neighbour consultation start
16 May 2014
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2014
Last date for comments
6 June 2014
Target decision date
5 May 2014
Permission expires
9 June 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2014
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2014

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Coleford Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 34 and 35 Market PlaceOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

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