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Hope Cottage Pillowell Road Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QP

P1327/25/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of rear porch and gym/store outbuildings, and installation of solar panels to east and west roof slopes

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bream
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hope Cottage Pillowell Road Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QP. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Pillowell conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bream. We hold 2,311 applications in total for the GL15 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
GL15 4QP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Dean

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation start
31 October 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Last date for comments
27 November 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Ms Sarah Hills Nut Tree Cottage Green Bottom Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 November 2025
Site notice end
27 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Pillowell Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • 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.

© 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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