Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF
Approved on 9 August 2017
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of 20 glamping pods including associated access, parking and other works. Localised minor re-grading of the site to accommodate pods and detailed landscape scheme for the development area.
- Received
- 17 May 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Pillowell
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation9 Jun
- TargetTarget Date13 Jul
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Pillowell. We hold 2,312 applications in total for the GL15 postcode area.
91% of full 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
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- West Dean
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 May 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 23 June 2017
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2017
- Consultation end
- 9 June 2017
- Last date for comments
- 23 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 13 July 2017
- Decision issued
- 10 August 2017
- Permission expires
- 10 August 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Ms Illman Third Floor South Festival House Jessop Avenue Cheltenham GL50 3SH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 June 2017
- Site notice end
- 23 June 2017
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: DFTPO41Part of the site · +3 more
- Ancient woodland: Crabtree Ption [East]Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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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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 - 202427 May
T1 on sketch plan - Copper Beech covered by G2 of G41 (TPO159). Crown lift to give 3m clearance from building…
ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP0652/24/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 - 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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