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The Shambles The Tram Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8TR

P0743/15/PM3PAPrior App A1/A2 to dwelling (C3)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 August 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from existing commercial unit to a single residential dwelling.

Received
13 May 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coleford Central
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Shambles The Tram Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8TR. Forest of Dean has handled 597 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 994 applications in total for the GL16 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
GL16 8TR
Application type
Prior App A1/A2 to dwelling (C3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coleford

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2015
Consultation expiry
14 July 2015
Consultation start
23 June 2015
Consultation end
14 July 2015
Neighbour consultation start
23 June 2015
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2015
Last date for comments
14 July 2015
Target decision date
12 August 2015
Application expires
12 August 2015
Permission expires
12 August 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Coleford Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    21 Jun

    Change of use form B8 storage to one C3 residential unit.

    ApprovedChange of UseP0853/16/COU

Source: Forest of Dean

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