Tewkesbury Rugby Club Gander Lane Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 5PG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Installation of new lighting columns along with LED floodlighting to the 1st team rugby pitch Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Validated
16 Jul 2026
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Consultation
30 Jul 2026
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Scheduled monument 76 m away: Holm Castle, site of
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 124 m away: Battle of Tewkesbury 1471; Conservation area 42 m away: Tewkesbury Conservation Area; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Tewkesbury built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Tewkesbury
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GL20 5PG
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Tewkesbury Town South
Parish
Tewkesbury Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Permit
Decision date
15 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Direct Sports Lighting

How this decision compares

Decided in 61 days from validation, about the council's usual 61 days. Approved, as 87% of commercial premises here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
67decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Tewkesbury in the last twelve months, from validation. Tewkesbury decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

65 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15074093
Planning Portal ref
PP-15074093
Neighbours
29 Jul 2026
Consultation
30 Jul 2026
Comments by
26 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
5 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tewkesbury
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#212 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tewkesbury ranks #197 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tewkesbury decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #144 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #139 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #197 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #228 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
89 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
37 decided
689
Total decisions
74 refused in the year to March 2026