Unlawater Rise Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Approved on 21 June 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Tree 1 (Golden Leyland Cypress) - Reduce in height from 45 feet to approx 30 feet. Tree 2 (Leyland Cypress) - Reduce in height from 40 feet to approx 30 feet. Tree 3 (Leyland Cypress) - Reduce in height from 35 feet to approx 15 feet.
- Received
- 25 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived25 May
- ValidatedValidated25 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Jun
- TargetTarget Date6 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jun
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Unlawater Rise Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Newnham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newnham. We hold 443 applications in total for the GL14 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
- GL14 1BJ
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 16 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 26 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 16 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 June 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 26 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 9 June 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Newnham Conservation Area
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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.
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Source: Forest of Dean
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