Tan House Laundry Lane, Newland, Coleford, GL16 8NQ

Planning appeal 3352196 at Tan House Laundry Lane, Newland, Coleford, GL16 8NQ (Forest of Dean District Council) was allowed on 9 May 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the unauthorised developments on the character of the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (WVAONB), within which Tan House is situated, and on the setting and historic significance of Tan House.

Laying of hardstanding areas for parking, camping and trackways, erection of a concrete block retaining wall, and laying of associated waste/water drainage and electricity works

Authority: Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type: major · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Braithwaite J
Postcode: GL16 8NQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the unauthorised developments on the character of the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (WVAONB), within which Tan House is situated, and on the setting and historic significance of Tan House

What decided it

The unauthorised hardstanding, retaining wall and underground works were found, subject to a condition on the wall, to have no significant adverse effect on the AONB or on the setting and significance of the listed Tan House.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Miller-Mead v MHLG [1963] JPL 151; Clive Payne v The National Assembly for Wales and Caerphilly County Borough Council [2006] EWHC 597

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