Skip to content

Bicknor House Ross Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PF

P0849/26/TCATrees within a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Fell dead Willow tree (T1) in rear garden of Bicknor House for safety reasons. The tree has been progressively losing its leaves over the last 4 years and has had a number of fungal infections.

Received
21 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Berry Hill
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bicknor House Ross Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PF. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the English Bicknor conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Berry Hill. We hold 994 applications in total for the GL16 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
GL16 7PF
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
English Bicknor

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Consultation end
11 August 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Stuart Payne
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15099915
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: English Bicknor Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bicknor HouseOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near GL16

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address