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The Florence Bigsweir St Briavels Lydney Glos GL15 6QQ

P0497/08/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 July 2008

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing bed and breakfast accommodation and associated cottage, to create two separate residential dwellings.

Received
7 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newland & St Briavels
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Florence Bigsweir St Briavels Lydney Glos GL15 6QQ. Forest of Dean has handled 447 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,311 applications in total for the GL15 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
GL15 6QQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Briavels

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2008
Consultation expiry
1 May 2008
Consultation start
10 April 2008
Consultation end
1 May 2008
Neighbour consultation start
10 April 2008
Neighbour consultation end
1 May 2008
Last date for comments
1 May 2008
Target decision date
12 August 2008
Permission expires
8 July 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • SSSI: Bigsweir Woods SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Wye Valley WoodlandsPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Bigsweir/Quarry WoodsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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

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© 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.

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