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Montcalm The Rocks St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE

P0744/26/FULApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission13 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of existing single-storey bungalow and erection of a replacement self-build two-storey dwelling designed to the Passivhaus standard, together with associated works and updated drainage.

Received
24 June 2026
Ward
St Briavels
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Montcalm The Rocks St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE. Forest of Dean has handled 7,682 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. 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.

Application details

Postcode
GL15 6SE
Parish
St Briavels

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
William Dodsworth

Additional information

Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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