Planning application
Kingston House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Reduce Conifer (tree 1 on sketch plan) by 30% for safety reasons, casting excessive shade and overhanging neighbouring garden. Also remove large dead limb where it overhangs adjacent fruit trees. Cut back lower outer branches of large Prunus (tree 2) to reduce overhang on the neighbour's side. Cut back one branch from Flowering Cherry (tree 3) which also overhangs the neighbour's garden on left hand side.
As published by the council, reference P0061/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- P0061/26/TCA
- Type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 16 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Parish
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL14 1BB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by Forest of Dean
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16 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
10 documents on file for this application
- NEWNHAM-ON-SEVERN PARISH COUNCIL
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- TREE PHOTOGRAPHS
- APPLICATION FORM
- SKETCH PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Forest of Dean granted permission on 16 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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