Byways Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AT

P0963/26/FULApproved

Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 26 solar panel roof on domestic roof with associated works.

Received: 17 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 1 November 2026
Council: Forest of Dean District Council
Ward: St Briavels

ReceivedReceived17 Aug
ValidatedValidated10 Sep
Consult.Consultation7 Oct
TargetTarget Date5 Nov
DecidedDecided21 Oct

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Byways Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AT. Forest of Dean has handled 7,682 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Alvington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6AT
Parish: Alvington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 September 2026
Consultation end: 7 October 2026
Target decision date: 5 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Architect profile: GREEN FUTURE ARCHITECTS LTD

Planning decision

Case officer: Charlie Rowson

Additional information

Documents: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Alvington 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.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2021
20 Oct
Change of use from private home gym to a yoga studio.
ApprovedChange of UseP1774/21/COU

Source: Forest of Dean

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