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Underdean House Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE

P1372/25/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of a small-scale, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the field immediately north of Underdean House and the installation of a 13.5kWh battery and inverter adjacent to the north wall of the utility room

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Underdean House Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newnham. 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 4AE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Awre

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Consultation end
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
10 February 2026
Permission expires
9 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Richard Jones Oak House Aylburton Business Centre Stockwell Lane Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 January 2026
Site notice start
15 January 2026
Site notice end
5 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

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