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Bream Cross Farm Coleford Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EU

P1582/25/LD2Lawful Development Section 192Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: LDC IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application under section 192 to establish whether the change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use as a farm shop/café under Use Class E requires planning permission.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Briavels
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Bream Cross Farm Coleford Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EU. Forest of Dean has handled 597 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 12 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.

79% of outline 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 6EU
Application type
Lawful Development Section 192
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Briavels

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oak House Aylburton Business Park Stockwell Lane Aylburton Lydney GL15 6ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Mar

    Application under Section 191 to establish whether the continued use of a building used for general storage…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP0320/25/LD1
  2. 2022
    10 Aug

    Certificate of lawful existing use or development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990…

    ApprovedLawful Development Section 191P1147/22/LD1
  3. 2021
    30 Mar

    A retrospective application for the change of use and conversion (including new wall in place of roller door…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationP0644/21/FUL
  4. 2017
    4 Jan

    Change of use of traditional agricultural barn and curtilage to C3 (dwelling house) residential use.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationP0014/17/FUL
  5. 2016
    27 Oct

    Change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage and extension to barn approved as a dwelling…

    RefusedFull ApplicationP1522/16/FUL
  6. 2011
    27 Jan

    Application under Circular 14/90 for a high/low voltage overhead line with tolerance of 30m either side…

    ApprovedOverhead Electricity LinesP0170/11/OHL

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