Planning application
Penfold Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QY
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Cut old Apple tree adjacent to neighbour's boundary to above the graft line. The tree has a large hole in the main stem and is dangerous in its present state.
As published by the council, reference P0062/26/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- P0062/26/TCA
- Type
- Trees within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 16 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Pillowell
- Parish
- West Dean
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL15 4QY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Forest of Dean register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P1269/25/TCA Granted
Penfold Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QY
One 'Blakeney Red' Pear tree which has 'fire blight' (see accompanying image 1' and circled yellow on plan), needs to be removed and replaced with the same. One old Apple tree of unknown provenance had its main branch severed during Storm Amy and is now effectively destroyed, (see accompanying image 2 and circled black on plan). This will be removed in March when a 'scion' will be taken and grafted to new root stock.
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
7 documents on file for this application
- PARISH COUNCIL
- PARISH EXTENSION OF TIME AGREEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- TREE
- TREE - LARGE HOLE IN THE BARREL OF THE TREE
- TREE - GRAFT LINE
- SKETCH PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
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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