Poachers Rest Park Farm High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US

P0880/26/TCATreesApproved

Approved on 26 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reduce canopy of large Cherry tree between the house and neighbouring property back to previous pruning points. Fell and remove dying Cherry tree at rear of the house.

Received: 27 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Forest of Dean District Council
Ward: Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook

ReceivedReceived27 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Aug

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Poachers Rest Park Farm High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Ruardean conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 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: GL17 9US
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ruardean

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Stuart Payne

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Ruardean Conservation Area
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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Forest of Dean

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