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Balderney House 2 Brightlands Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AG

P1329/25/TCATrees within a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Cherry (C1) - Crown reduction of approximately one third. Magnolia (M1) - Crown reduction of approximately one third.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Balderney House 2 Brightlands Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AG. 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 Newnham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newnham. We hold 443 applications in total for the GL14 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
GL14 1AG
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
14 November 2025
Consultation start
27 October 2025
Consultation end
10 November 2025
Last date for comments
14 November 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025
Permission expires
25 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Nick Wilton 11 Adams Way Berry Hill Coleford GL16 7RQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 October 2025
Site notice end
14 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14441804
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Newnham 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.

© 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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