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Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF

P1885/21/TPOWorks to Trees Covered by TPOApproved

Approved on 22 December 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T3 Oak - Crown lift to 7m (crown break) to give clearance over cabins. T6 Monkey Puzzle - fell remaining monolith. T7 Nothofagus - Crown lift to approx 3m. A1 - Crown lift over plots and access routes to approx 4m. G3 - Clear failed branches and trees to open up lakes. Also remove smaller alder (not covered by TPO). A4 - Remove ash over roads. Remove ash identified with ash dieback in public areas as identified by a L4 qualified Arborist.

Received
16 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bream
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF. Forest of Dean has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bream. We hold 2,312 applications in total for the GL15 postcode area.

99% of trees 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 4JF
Application type
Works to Trees Covered by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Dean

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2021
Consultation expiry
8 December 2021
Consultation start
17 November 2021
Consultation end
8 December 2021
Last date for comments
8 December 2021
Target decision date
11 January 2022
Permission expires
22 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr M Harris The Ruffets Main Road Woolaston Lydney Glos

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Tree Preservation Order: G41 (TPO159)
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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. 2025
    16 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 06 (ecological enhancements) relating to planning permission P1163/24/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP0055/25/DISCON
  2. 2024
    22 Oct

    Undertake works to trees covered by Tree Preservation Order numbers G41 (TPO 159) and DFTPO 41, as specified…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP1294/24/TPO
  3. 2024
    27 May

    T1 on sketch plan - Copper Beech covered by G2 of G41 (TPO159). Crown lift to give 3m clearance from building…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP0652/24/TPO
  4. 2021
    11 Mar

    Conduct work as outlined in '20210304 Whitemead Extract' in order to ensure the safety of users of Whitemead…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees Covered by TPOP0502/21/TPO
  5. 2017
    5 Oct

    Erection of additional lower decking area onto existing log cabins to house hot tubs.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationP1631/17/FUL
  6. 2017
    27 Jun

    Application under Section 192 to establish whether the use of the function suite to hold marriages and civil…

    ApprovedLawful Development Section 192P1030/17/LD2

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