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The Old Viaduct Store Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NW

P0907/21/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 October 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to coffee shop gallery including the sales of pictures and cards.

Received
11 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lydbrook
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 117 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Viaduct Store Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NW. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Lydbrook conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Lydbrook. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 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
GL17 9NW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lydbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2021
Consultation expiry
13 September 2021
Consultation start
6 July 2021
Consultation end
27 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
23 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2021
Last date for comments
13 September 2021
Target decision date
5 August 2021
Permission expires
5 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 June 2021
Advertisement expiry
21 July 2021
Site notice start
23 August 2021
Site notice end
13 September 2021

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Lower Lydbrook Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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