Forge Hammer Inn Forge Row Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NP

P8510/03/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 May 2003

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change Of Use Of Public House To Dwelling.

Received: 9 April 2003
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Forest of Dean District Council
Ward: Lydbrook & Ruardean

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated9 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Jun
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Forge Hammer Inn Forge Row Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NP. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Lydbrook conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 9NP
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lydbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 April 2003
Target decision date: 4 June 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Lower Lydbrook Conservation Area
National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Source: Forest of Dean

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