6 Ashfield Road Ruardean Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AX Data via plota.co.uk

P0663/26/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of existing integral garage into habitable living space, including replacement of garage door with a window. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jun 2026
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Validated
3 Jul 2026
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Approved
5 Aug 2026

Approved on 5 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Recorded mine shaft 31 m away
Reference 363216-030. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Drybrook built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 6 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £156,000 in August 2003. Detached house, freehold.

26 August 2003£156,000
21 May 2001£115,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GL17 9AX
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
3 Jul 2026
Ward
Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
Parish
Drybrook
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
5 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, 18 days faster than Forest of Dean's median of 51 for extensions. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
183decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions 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 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
DF16619
Comments by
27 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use