Land South Grid Reference E 361431 N 216230 High Beech Road The Pludds Ruardean Gloucestershire Data via plota.co.uk

P1057/26/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of agricultural hay barn. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Oct 2026 and 4 Nov 2026, from Forest of Dean's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 23 Oct 2026

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Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF BNG CHECKLIST Report · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

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.

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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 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.

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Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk 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: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
Parish: Ruardean
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Forest of Dean usually decides agricultural works by day 41.

prediction

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target

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 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: DF16657
Comments by: 23 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Nov 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