St Mary The Virgin Church Street St Briavels Gloucestershiref GL15 6RG

1. 15 Mar 2023

   Received by Forest of Dean

2. 12 Apr 2023

   Decision issued: Granted Permission

3. 22 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Forest of Dean granted permission on 12 April 2023, 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.

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.

• St Mary The Virgin Church Street St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6RG

  P0009/23/TCA Submitted 3 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  Remove lower branches of: 2 x Yew (T2 and T12 on accompanying tree survey), 3 x Western Red Cedar (T3, T4 and T14) and 4 x Cypress (T6, T13, T14 and T15) to give clearance of approximately 2.4 metres. Remove lower branches of 1 x Yew (T11) to give clearance of approximately 2.4 metres, and reduce overall height to 5 metres. Remove 1 x Indian Bean Tree (T8), to be replaced with same species. Remove 1 x Western Red Cedar (T5), and replace with another tree (species tbc). G1 (Mixed Native Broadleaves) - remove lower limbs and suckers to improve access to graves. G3 (Mixed Native Broadleaves) - Dig up and replant 2 x Native Black Poplar saplings, and prune back Hawthorn stems that are too close to graves. 1 x Cypress (T10) remove regrowth along wall to gate. 2 x Ornamental Cherries next to main path - tidy up canopy and lower branches to avoid crossing branches.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Church Farm Mork Lane St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6QE

  P1492/24/TCA Submitted 6 Dec 2024 100 yards away

  Pollard seven Lime trees to a height of between 1.5 and 2.3m, according to prior management. These trees were last pollarded ten years ago (Application P0950/13/TCA) and now need doing again. Branches are breaking off and they are encroaching on the highway.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG

  P0737/21/LBC Submitted 12 Apr 2021 100 yards away

  Listed Building consent for the repairs to workshop store wall and reinstatement of link roof timbers (part retrospective).

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 14 docs

• Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG

  P0783/21/NONMAT Submitted 19 Apr 2021 100 yards away

  Non material amendment to planning permission P1067/20/FUL to allow for amendments to stone wall and reinstate first floor timbers.

  Granted Amendments 5 docs

• Oak House Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG

  P1473/21/LBC Submitted 19 Aug 2021 100 yards away

  Listed building consent for the creation of a WC within ground floor corridor space. Demolition of a rear modern lean-to extension.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Demolition 20 docs

• Church Farm Mork Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QE

  P1004/25/TCA Submitted 12 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  Fell 2 x Japanese Cedar, 1 x Sierra Redwood and 1 x Deodar Cedar. Trees are now too big for the plot, creating excessive shade and are too close to one another. Area will be planted with native broadleaf understorey (Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Rowan and Hazel),

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• P1208/26/TPO Awaiting decision

  2 Bigstone Meadow Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7JU

  Undertake the following works to trees covered by A2 of Tree Preservation Order number DFTPO 152. Remove dead branch from Lime tree. Reduce Sycamore over shed and garden by approximately 2 metres. Reduce Beech over garden and greenhouse by approximately 2 metres. Trim tops of group of Yews by approximately 1 metre.

  Received 12 Oct, published by the council 13 Oct 2026 Trees
• P1197/26/TCA Awaiting decision

  3 Box Tree Cottage School Road Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9XG

  Pollard Willow tree to a height of approximately 4 metres.

  9 Oct 2026 Trees
• P1185/26/TCA Awaiting decision

  Cherrytree Cottage Main Road Lower Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TR

  Reduce a Silver Birch tree from circa 50ft to 35ft.

  7 Oct 2026 Trees
• P1174/26/TCA Awaiting decision

  Hazelhurst Ledbury Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AG

  Remove lowest limb from Magnolia (T1) and reduce rest of tree by between 1.5 and 2 metres all over. Remove 2 x Cherry trees (T2 and T3) to ground level.

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Trees
• P1188/26/TPO Awaiting decision

  Flat 1 The Lodge Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TB

  Reduce single lowest branch of Larch covered by G1 of Tree Preservation Order number DFTPO 23, by 1 metre to achieve clearance from adjacent building.

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 13 Oct 2026 Trees