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P0926/26/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of a general purpose agricultural storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

7 Aug 2026

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Validated

14 Aug 2026

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Approved

28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 9

Ancient woodland about 3 m away: Foundry Woods

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Open access land

Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.

Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.

Special area of conservation about 163 m away: Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites / Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena (England

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Recorded mine shaft about 34 m from the postcode pin

Reference 365211-049. 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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 ↗

SSSI about 165 m away: Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Ruspidge built-up area.

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
Received: 7 Aug 2026
Validated: 14 Aug 2026
Ward: Westbury-on-Severn
Parish: Westbury On Severn
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Oct 2026
Decision: Granted Permission
Decision date: 28 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tompkins Thomas Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 4 days slower than Forest of Dean's median of 41 for agricultural works. Approved, as 93% of agricultural works here are.

This one45d

Council41d

UK44d

72%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

34decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: DF9378
Comments by: 7 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Forest of Dean

Planning Authority Score

5.7/10

Average

#114 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 4

Site constraints 9

Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates