The Old Rectory Church Lane Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UH
Approved on 17 September 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Reduce crown of Yew tree (T1) by 1.5 metres on all sides due to excessive shading and branches encroaching on roof. Pollard Eucalyptus (T2) to previous pollarding points. Fell Dawn Redwood (T3) due to proximity to house, prevailing winds and a defect low on the trunk. Remove large lower limb on east side of Acer (T4) to improve balance of tree and reduce shading. Fell Ash (T5) due to presence of Ash Dieback disease. Selective removal of lower branches from Norway Spruce (T6) to reduce shading on adjacent young Oak tree. Selectively prune various species of young trees along roadside boundary (G1) to provide adequate clearance with adjacent utility cables. Fell group of Cypress trees (G2) with suspected weaknesses for safety reasons.
- Received
- 19 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Briavels
- ReceivedReceived19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated20 Aug
- Consult.Consultation5 Sep
- TargetTarget Date1 Oct
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Church Lane Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UH. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Hewelsfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- GL15 6UH
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hewelsfield & Brockweir
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 September 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 September 2025
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Hewelsfield 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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Source: Forest of Dean
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