Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF
Approved on 1 July 2024
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 on sketch plan - Copper Beech covered by G2 of G41 (TPO159). Crown lift to give 3m clearance from building in accordance with BS3998:2010. T2 on sketch plan - Whitebeam covered by T25 of G41 (TPO159). Fell due to severe decay in the eastern stem - retaining the western stem will cause significant imbalance and high likelihood of tree failure in a high footfall area. To be replaced with a suite of ornamental trees creating canopy cover of the area.
- Received
- 27 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Bream
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated28 May
- Consult.Consultation19 Jun
- TargetTarget Date23 Jul
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bream. We hold 2,312 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 4JF
- Application type
- Works to Trees Covered by TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Dean
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 21 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 29 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 19 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 21 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 1 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO M Harris The Ruffets Main Road Woolaston Lydney GL15 6PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 31 May 2024
- Site notice end
- 21 June 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13102382
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Tree Preservation Order: G41 (TPO159)
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Jan
Discharge of Condition 06 (ecological enhancements) relating to planning permission P1163/24/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP0055/25/DISCON - 202422 Oct
Undertake works to trees covered by Tree Preservation Order numbers G41 (TPO 159) and DFTPO 41, as specified…
ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP1294/24/TPO - 202116 Nov
T3 Oak - Crown lift to 7m (crown break) to give clearance over cabins. T6 Monkey Puzzle - fell remaining…
ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP1885/21/TPO - 202111 Mar
Conduct work as outlined in '20210304 Whitemead Extract' in order to ensure the safety of users of Whitemead…
ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP0502/21/TPO - 20175 Oct
Erection of additional lower decking area onto existing log cabins to house hot tubs.
ApprovedFull ApplicationP1631/17/FUL - 201727 Jun
Application under Section 192 to establish whether the use of the function suite to hold marriages and civil…
ApprovedLawful Development Section 192P1030/17/LD2 - 201717 May
Erection of 20 glamping pods including associated access, parking and other works. Localised minor re-grading…
ApprovedFull ApplicationP0792/17/FUL - 201629 Nov
Alterations to roadway around the entrance area of the site by removal of redundant areas and installation of…
ApprovedFull ApplicationP1664/16/FUL - 201629 Jan
Variation of condition (02) approved plans on planning permission P0977/14/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P0111/16/FUL - 201528 Jul
Variation of condition (02) approved plans to change specified camping pod product in the 7 pod cluster also…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P1136/15/FUL - 20157 Jul
Crown reduction of 30% to Oak tree T13 of G41TPO159.
RefusedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP1031/15/TPO - 201514 May
Fell x 1 Thuja tree (tree 0356 in the submitted schedule) covered by area A4 of G41 TPO159 and crown lift x 4…
ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP0755/15/TPO - 200317 Apr
Felling Of And Surgery To Trees Covered By Tpo 159.
ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP8548/03/TCA
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