Quarry Works Church Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SW Data via plota.co.uk

P0214/26/FUL - Full Application Refused
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Partial change of use of commercial plot to residential use and the erection of a self-build dwelling with associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Feb 2026
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Validated
4 Mar 2026
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Consultation
7 Apr 2026
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Refused
1 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 1 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 47

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Decision Decision · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer report Officer report · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF APPEAL DECISION Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 15

PDF EHO - TECH POLLUTION SERVICES/NOISE Consultee Comment · 29 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER Consultee Comment · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE STRATEGY Report · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT Report · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY TO OFFICER RE RESPONSE Correspondence · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY - APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT Consultee Comment · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY - LIKELY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS Consultee Comment · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER Consultee Comment · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY - ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN STATEMENT FORM BNG Statement · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY SELF ASSESSMENT FORM Report · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT Report · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD MAP FOR PLANNING Report · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 13

PDF NATURAL ENGLAND TO OFFICER RE RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND ANNEX A Consultee Comment · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF THE COAL AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF WELSH WATER Consultee Comment · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF GCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COAL AUTHORITY TO OFFICER RE RESPONSE Correspondence · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF THE COAL AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 15

PDF JUDGEMENT Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BUS 22 SCHEDULE Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BUS 35 SCHEDULE Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BUS 22 SCHEDULE Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BUS 746 SCHEDULE Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BUS 708 ROUTE Other · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AGREEMENT TO EXTENSION OF TIME Correspondence · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPPORTING INFORMATION FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING Correspondence · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DC8 DC8 · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF CONTAINERS Photographs · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF CONTAINERS AND GARAGE BUILDING Photographs · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF GARAGE BUILDING Photographs · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COAL MINING REPORT Report · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Recorded adit about 21 m from the postcode pin
4 recorded mine entries within 50 m; the nearest is reference 360215-027. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more 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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 7 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Welsh Bicknor built-up area; Open access land about 6 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Full Application
Postcode
GL17 9SW
Received
23 Feb 2026
Validated
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Lydbrook
Parish
Lydbrook
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Refused, as 12% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Forest of Dean in the last twelve months, from validation. Forest of Dean decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
DF11776
Consultation
7 Apr 2026
Comments by
28 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
27 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Forest of Dean
Planning Authority Score
5.7/10
Average
#114 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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