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Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ

P1332/23/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 8 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing residential annexe to an independent dwelling with associated works. Regularisation of single-storey flat-roofed extension. (Part retrospective).

Received
4 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St Briavels
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.

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 6BQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alvington

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
2 February 2024
Consultation start
12 January 2024
Consultation end
2 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
12 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
2 February 2024
Last date for comments
2 February 2024
Target decision date
12 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fenton House 34 Highfield Road Lydney GL15 5NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
15 November 2023
Site notice start
20 October 2023
Site notice end
10 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP0022/24/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3345402
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 January 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Alvington Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Severn LodgeOn or next to 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

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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