Clearwell C Of E Primary School Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG Data via plota.co.uk

P0404/26/TCA - Trees within a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Hedge line at the rear of the astroturf play area. Reduce all the Hazel and mixed hedge to fence height. Leave the Ash and Sycamore, ring the Ivy at the base. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Apr 2026
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Consultation
2 Apr 2026
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Approved
30 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEWLAND PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF PARISH COUNCIL EXTENSION OF TIME Correspondence · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Clearwell Castle Main Gateway and Flanking Lodges to North East Corner of Estate With Wall Between and Iron Gates, and Perimeter Wall to East, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 6 with distances
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden: Clearwell Castle
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 7 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Clearwell Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 182 m away: Village cross at Clearwell; SSSI about 283 m away: Tudor Farm Bank SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Clearwell built-up area; National landscape about 488 m away: Wye Valley; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Forest of Dean
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Postcode
GL16 8LG
Received
1 Apr 2026
Validated
1 Apr 2026
Ward
Newland & Sling
Parish
Newland
Case officer
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Target decision
13 May 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
30 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Chapel Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, about the council's usual 31 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
113decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Forest of Dean in the last twelve months, from validation. Forest of Dean decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
DF15582
Consultation
2 Apr 2026
Comments by
23 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
2 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
13 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Fell and remove 4 x Ash trees within the grounds of the school, due to the presence of As…
P0136/23/TCA
2023 Approved
Fell and remove 4 x Ash trees within the grounds of the school, due to the presence of As…
P0136/23/TCA
2018 Approved
Replacement of part of play area with play lawn surfacing.
P0553/18/FUL
2018 Approved
Replacement of part of play area with play lawn surfacing.
P0553/18/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
St Peters Church Church Road Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8LF
40 x Yew trees on land surrounding church require crown reduction by 0.9 metres and 1 met…
P0501/24/TCA
2019 Approved
South Lodge Clearwell Castle Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Remove x 1 Walnut Tree at South Lodge.
P1530/19/TCA
2019 Approved
South Lodge Clearwell Castle Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Remove x 1 Walnut Tree at South Lodge.
P1530/19/TCA
2017 Approved
South Lodge Clearwell Castle Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Listed Building Consent for a proposed garden room.
P0442/17/LBC
2017 Approved
South Lodge Clearwell Castle Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Listed Building Consent for a proposed garden room.
P0442/17/LBC
2016 Approved
St Peters Church Church Road Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8LF
Works to x 40 Irish Yew trees at St Peters Church to trim and crown reduce trees 1-28 by…
P0850/16/TCA
2016 Approved
St Peters Church Church Road Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8LF
Works to x 40 Irish Yew trees at St Peters Church to trim and crown reduce trees 1-28 by…
P0850/16/TCA
Forest of Dean
Planning Authority Score
5.7/10
Average
#114 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Forest of Dean ranks #149 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Forest of Dean decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #82 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #16 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #149 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #219 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
9 decided
561
Total decisions
43 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings