Morning Cottage Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX Data via plota.co.uk

P0975/26/TCA - Trees within a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Pollard Ash tree (1) to previous pollarded height of 2.7 metres. Pollard Willow tree (2) to previous pollarded height of 2.8 metres. Reduce crown of Silver Birch (3) by 40% to avoid interference with overhead cables and to improve its shape. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF STAUNTON PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Site Notice Site Notice · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CONFIRMATION ON EXTENT OF REDUCTIONS Correspondence · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER TO APPLICANT RE REQUIRED FOR VALIDATION Correspondence · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Wye Valley National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Staunton (S) 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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
Protected tree 13 m away: Staunton House Staunton Coleford, order DFTPO43; 1 listed building within 150 m; Scheduled monument 228 m away: Staunton cross.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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
Forest of Dean
Application type
Trees within a Conservation Area
Postcode
GL16 8NX
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Newland & Sling
Parish
Staunton (S)
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
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P0549/25/FUL
2025 Approved
Increase the height of boundary walls and reinstate the cocks and hens finish to the top…
P0549/25/FUL
2024 Approved
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P0980/24/TCA
2020 Approved
Pollard x1 Beech tree at Morning Cottage.
P1295/20/TCA
2020 Approved
Pollard x1 Beech tree at Morning Cottage.
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2017 Approved
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P1536/17/TCA
2017 Approved
Works to trees at Morning Cottage to include a crown reduction of 30% to x1 Beech, 50% cr…
P1536/17/TCA
Within ~100m

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2022 Approved
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P0065/20/OUT
2020 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2018 Approved
Victoria Cottage Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Removal of x 1 line of conifers and x 1 Hawthorn tree, crown reduce x 6 prunus trees by 1…
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Single storey rear extension to dwelling.
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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
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

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