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Townsend House Court Farm Lane Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BD

P0695/26/FULApproved

Approved on 25 August 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a residential institution to a Christian worship, community and wellbeing centre comprising residential support accommodation, counselling and wellbeing facilities, community cafe, worship facilities (including church administration offices, educational activities and religious instruction), community meeting rooms, youth facilities and community activities, and shared ancillary accommodation together with a single storey extension to enlarge existing conservatory (and new dark grey insulated metal roof with rooflights), associated internal alterations, installation of external natural timber cladding and associated works.

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 71 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a conservatory at Townsend House Court Farm Lane Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BD. Forest of Dean has handled 7,682 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GL17 0BD
Parish
Mitcheldean

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Green

Additional information

Documents
45

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.

Source: Forest of Dean

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