Planning application
Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Works: Trees Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Fell medium sized Ash tree on rear boundary of property. The tree has grown too large, is damaging boundary wall, has early signs of infection with Ash Dieback Disease and is within falling distance of an outbuilding.
As published by the council, reference P0007/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- P0007/26/TCA
- Type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 5 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 2 Feb 2026
- Ward
- St Briavels
- Parish
- St Briavels
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL15 6RG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Forest of Dean register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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P0783/21/NONMAT Granted
Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Non material amendment to planning permission P1067/20/FUL to allow for amendments to stone wall and reinstate first floor timbers.
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P0737/21/LBC Granted
Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Listed Building consent for the repairs to workshop store wall and reinstatement of link roof timbers (part retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Jan 2026
Received by Forest of Dean
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2 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- PARISH COUNCIL
- APPLICATION FORM
- SKETCH PLAN
- PHOTOGRAPH
- PHOTOGRAPH
- PHOTOGRAPH
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Forest of Dean granted permission on 2 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
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Other tree works applications
In Forest of Dean
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P1107/26/TCA Awaiting decision
Churchcroft Church Road Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UL
Undertake the following work to trees on the eastern boundary of the property. Fell 2x Ash trees (1 on sketch plan) which have died. Reduce 1x Hazel (No. 2) in height to 75cm as it is interfering with overhead telephone cables. Fell 1x Ash (No.3) which is interfering with overhead telephone cables and may be diseased. Reduce 1x Holly (No.4) and 1x Laurel (No. 5) in height to 75cm so that they will regrow as bushes in the hedge. Fell 1x Conifer (No. 6) as it is a large tree and one of a cluster which is very overcrowded. All these trees are also casting excessive shade onto neighbouring property of Rookery Cottage.
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P1085/26/TPO Awaiting decision
1 Grange Close Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Undertake the following works to trees covered by A6 of Tree Preservation Order number DFTPO 179. Reduce crowns of two leaning Willows in rear garden back to previous pruning points and reduce lower limb of one Willow tree by approximately one third. Fell two smaller and dying Ash trees amongst group of five semi-mature Ash trees overhanging the road.
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P0905/26/TCA Decided
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Pollard Yew tree near boundary of The Nurseries to a height of approximately 4-5 metres. Tree has a large amount of dead wood and is overhanging the property.
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P0951/26/TCA Granted
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Coppice 1 x Crack Willow (T1) situated in rear garden of the property.
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P0947/26/TCA Granted
Latchen Rooms Latchen Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QE
Re-pollard Willow (T4) back to previous pollard points. Prune back and tidy up small broken branch of Goat Willow (G5).