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Hillcot House Cinder Hill St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6RG

P0623/24/TCATrees within a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 June 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Yew, reduce by 1.5-2 metres in accordance with BS3998:2010 in order to reduce stress on retaining wall. G1 - Laurel, coppice large group of laurel to allow for the installation of new boundary fence.

Received
20 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Briavels
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hillcot House Cinder Hill St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6RG. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the St Briavels conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
GL15 6RG
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Briavels

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2024
Consultation expiry
12 June 2024
Consultation start
22 May 2024
Consultation end
12 June 2024
Last date for comments
12 June 2024
Target decision date
1 July 2024
Permission expires
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr M Harris The Ruffets Main Road Woolaston Lydney GL15 6PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 May 2024
Site notice end
7 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13079371
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Briavels Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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