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The Royal Forest Factory Rock Lane Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JB

P1590/17/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 January 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective Change of Use from agricultural to car parking, ancillary to industrial use.

Received
2 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coleford East
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Royal Forest Factory Rock Lane Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JB. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. 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 8JB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coleford

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2017
Consultation expiry
17 November 2017
Consultation start
18 October 2017
Consultation end
8 November 2017
Last date for comments
17 November 2017
Target decision date
27 November 2017
Permission expires
11 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr M Sutton St Nicholas House 47 London Road Gloucester GL1 3HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 October 2017
Site notice end
17 November 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Erection of a sub-station compound, including the erection of 2 no. switchrooms, 2 no. transformers and…

    PendingApplicationP1235/26/FUL
  2. 2026
    24 Feb

    Construction of new sub-station compound with associated sub-station building, 2 No. transformers and…

    PendingFull ApplicationP0226/26/FUL
  3. 2026
    12 Feb

    Erection of a warehouse extension and associated works

    PendingFull ApplicationP0176/26/FUL
  4. 2024
    19 Dec

    Erection of substation building, compound, 2 no. transformers and associated works.

    PendingFull ApplicationP1536/24/FUL
  5. 2024
    19 Sep

    Application under section 192 to establish whether the erection of a steel platform requires planning…

    ApprovedLawful Development Section 192P1140/24/LD2
  6. 2022
    3 Aug

    Erection of two number C02 Tanks adjacent to the existing.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationP1103/22/FUL

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