Planning application
Holms Farm Holms Farm Estate Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of a bat house, with roof mounted solar PV
As published by the council, reference P1580/25/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P1580/25/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Consent
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 24 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 18 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Lydney West & Aylburton
- Parish
- Lydney
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL15 5JB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Forest of Dean register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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P0259/23/TPO Refused
Holms Farm Holms Farm Estate Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JB
Undertake a crown lift to 5 metres above ground level to T1 (Pin Oak) of DFTPO 216.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Dec 2025
Received by Forest of Dean
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24 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Feb 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
Black Box Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Gloucester
Active · incorporated 2018 · Gloucester
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- LYDNEY TOWN COUNCIL
- LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, GROUND FLOOR/ROOF PLAN AND SECTION
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY SELF ASSESSMENT FORM
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Forest of Dean granted permission on 18 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.
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