Old Bank House 51 Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RA
Approved on 30 April 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for the conversion of redundant office accommodation above existing retail unit to create 2 residential flats
- Received
- 19 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Ward
- Lydney East
- ReceivedReceived19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated19 Aug
- Consult.Consultation28 Apr
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 254 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Old Bank House 51 Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RA. Forest of Dean has handled 597 applications of this type. This one was decided in 254 days, 28 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Lydney East. We hold 2,312 applications in total for the GL15 postcode area.
79% of outline 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 5RA
- Application type
- Prior App cou commercial to dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lydney
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 30 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fenton House 34 Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5NB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 September 2024
- Site notice end
- 27 September 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 65
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Forest of Dean
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