Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Approved on 31 August 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Remove large eucalyptus from over driveway, due to it dropping large branches over recent months and the house being used as a holiday venue and hence high usage of the drive. The tree will be replaced with a beech in order to create an 'avenue' approach to the house.
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St Briavels
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation30 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided31 Aug
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 6BQ
- Application type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Alvington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 30 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 9 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 30 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 30 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr M Harris The Ruffets Main Road Woolaston Lydney GL15 6PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Alvington Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202321 Sep
Listed building consent to reinstate outside cellar walls and render cellar steps with safety handrail and a…
ApprovedListed building consentP1277/23/LBC - 202210 Aug
Extension to existing residential annex.
WithdrawnFull ApplicationP1146/22/FUL - 20215 Aug
Crown lift and reduction of beech (growing in church yard) branches over wall of Severn Lodge by 3m in height…
ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP1399/21/TCA - 202115 Mar
Remove major leader from ash which leans towards the road and also remove secondary branch for separate stem…
ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP0527/21/TCA
Source: Forest of Dean
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