1 Murrells Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PL
Approved on 6 January 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a single storey annex in rear garden to provide ancillary accommodation for a dependent family member
- Received
- 28 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Berry Hill
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Nov
- Consult.Consultation1 Dec
- TargetTarget Date1 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Murrells Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PL. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Berry Hill. We hold 994 applications in total for the GL16 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
- GL16 7PL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- English Bicknor
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Chris Willis 299 Birmingham Road B61 0ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 11 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14443240
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.
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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.
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Source: Forest of Dean
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