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Townsend House Court Farm Lane Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BD

Granted Forest of Dean P1503/25/FUL Full Application

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 As published: 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.

  • 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.

    Decided 25 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Received by Forest of Dean

  2. 5 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  4. 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

168 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 95% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

  • PARISH RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026
  • ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - NO OBJECTION Consultee Comment · 22 Jan 2026
  • ADDITIONAL INFO REGARDING INTENSITY OF USE OF BUILDING Correspondence · 02 Jan 2026
  • EHO - TECH POLLUTION SERVICES/NOISE Consultee Comment · 22 Dec 2025
  • CONSERVATION OFFICER Consultee Comment · 19 Dec 2025
  • TRANSPORT TECHNICAL NOTE Report · 16 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING BASEMENT/GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF PLAN Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING ELEVATIONS 1-6 Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING ELEVATIONS 7 -11 Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING SITE PLAN Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED BASEMENT/GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF PLAN Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1 - 6 Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 7 - 11 Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED SITE PLAN Drawing · 04 Dec 2025
  • BIODIVERSITY SELF ASSESSMENT FORM Report · 04 Dec 2025
  • PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Report · 04 Dec 2025
  • DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 04 Dec 2025

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What 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.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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