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The Old Cottage The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AJ

P1330/21/TCATrees within a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 August 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Yew tree growing against neighbouring house. Remove lower branch away from neighbours bedroom window and lift the canopy off the roof.

Received
22 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dymock
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Cottage The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AJ. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Dymock conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Dymock. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the GL18 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
GL18 2AJ
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dymock

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2021
Consultation expiry
12 August 2021
Consultation start
22 July 2021
Consultation end
12 August 2021
Last date for comments
12 August 2021
Target decision date
2 September 2021
Permission expires
19 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr E John Heathfield House Ross Road Ledbury HR8 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 July 2021
Site notice end
6 August 2021

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dymock Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old CottageOn this 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.

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    5 Sep

    Cut back Yew tree over driveway by 2-3 metres to leave tree with a balanced canopy, and reduce height by 1…

    ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP1262/22/TCA
  2. 2011
    3 Nov

    Works to trees as stated on application documents at The Old Cottage, The Village, Dymock.

    ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP2203/11/TCA
  3. 2011
    20 Sep

    Works to trees as stated on application documents at The Old Cottage, The Village, Dymock.

    ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP1872/11/TCA
  4. 2006
    27 Jun

    Management of trees within Dymock Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP1008/06/TCA
  5. 2005
    1 Nov

    Management of trees within Dymock Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTrees within a Conservation AreaP1694/05/TCA

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