Planning application
Townsend House Court Farm Lane Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from former 40 bed care home into office use for staff, community use rooms and delivery space for counselling services
As published by the council, reference P1503/25/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P1503/25/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Consent
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 4 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 5 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
- Parish
- Mitcheldean
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL17 0BD
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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P0695/26/FUL Granted
Townsend House Court Farm Lane Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BD
Change of use from a residential institution to a Christian worship, community and wellbeing centre comprising residential support accommodation, counselling and wellbeing facilities, community cafe, worship facilities (including church administration offices, educational activities and religious instruction), community meeting rooms, youth facilities and community activities, and shared ancillary accommodation together with a single storey extension to enlarge existing conservatory (and new dark grey insulated metal roof with rooflights), associated internal alterations, installation of external natural timber cladding and associated works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Dec 2025
Received by Forest of Dean
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5 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Apex Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Lydney
Active · incorporated 2009 · Lydney
89 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 96% granted
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18 documents on file for this application
- PARISH RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - NO OBJECTION
- ADDITIONAL INFO REGARDING INTENSITY OF USE OF BUILDING
- EHO - TECH POLLUTION SERVICES/NOISE
- CONSERVATION OFFICER
- TRANSPORT TECHNICAL NOTE
- EXISTING BASEMENT/GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS 1-6
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS 7 -11
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT/GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1 - 6
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 7 - 11
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY SELF ASSESSMENT FORM
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Forest of Dean granted permission on 28 January 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.
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