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Lydney Baptist Chapel High Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5DD

P1534/25/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of The Old Baptist Church from an ecclesiastical building into a single unit of residential accommodation, including demolition of existing rear extension and outbuildings to form garden and amenity area

Received
12 December 2025
Decision due
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 11 October 2026
Ward
Lydney West & Aylburton
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 January.

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About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Lydney Baptist Chapel High Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5DD. Forest of Dean has handled 312 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lydney conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Lydney West & Aylburton. We hold 2,311 applications in total for the GL15 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 5DD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lydney

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
16 December 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr John Kendrick Flat 30 Promenade House 57 Beach Road Weston Super Mare BS23 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Documents
72

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lydney Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Baptist ChapelOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Rear of High Street LydneyRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    12 Dec

    Change of use of The Old Baptist Church from an ecclesiastical building into two separate units of…

    PendingApplicationFiled alongsideP1427/25/FUL
  2. 2025
    12 Dec

    Change of use of The Old Baptist Church from an ecclesiastical building into a single unit of residential…

    This applicationPendingListed building consentP1534/25/LBC

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