Ash Farm Morse Lane Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BE
Approved on 20 May 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions
Proposal
Conversion and change of use of two barns: Barn One to form one dwelling and one short-term holiday let, and Barn Two to form an extension to the existing farmhouse, with associated external works and landscaping
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Dec
- Consult.Consultation19 May
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ash Farm Morse Lane Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BE. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 15 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 34 applications across Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 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
- GL17 9BE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ruardean
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Simon Tweedy 3 Hollow Road Almondsbury BS32 4DP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 27 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 70
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Forest of Dean
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