Willowdene The Cross Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JU Data via plota.co.uk

P1402/25/TCA - Trees within a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Weeping Willow - potential risk to property. Tree dead, hollowing out and fungus growth in abundance, felling required. Intending to replant once the ground has recovered with similar. Copper Beech - same as Willow, dead, fungal growth, felling required. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Nov 2025
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Validated
17 Nov 2025
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Approved
15 Dec 2025

Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

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 ↗
SSSI 91 m away: Tudor Farm Bank 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.
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
National landscape 286 m away: WYE VALLEY (England); Scheduled monument 222 m away: Village cross at Clearwell; Coalfield, development low risk area; Registered park or garden 223 m away: Clearwell Castle; Inside the Clearwell built-up area; Priority habitat 24 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 · No listed building at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. 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 8JU
Received
14 Nov 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Newland & Sling
Parish
Newland
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Dec 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
15 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
Pollard x1 Willow tree by 50% at Willowdene.
P2054/20/TCA
2020 Approved
Pollard x1 Willow tree by 50% at Willowdene.
P2054/20/TCA
2016 Approved
Reduction of x1 Willow tree by 50% and felling of x1 Ash tree at Willowdene.
P0317/16/TCA
2016 Approved
Reduction of x1 Willow tree by 50% and felling of x1 Ash tree at Willowdene.
P0317/16/TCA
Within ~100m

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2020 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Fell and replace x 1 Deodar Cedar tree at Waterley Bottom.
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2018 Approved
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Fell and replace x 1 Deodar Cedar tree at Waterley Bottom.
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Reduce x1 Holly tree in height by 3 m. and in spread by 4 m. and reduce the height of x2…
P0105/17/TCA
2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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
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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

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