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Allowed20 August 20253363981

Land North East of Grove Lane , Lydney, Gloucestershire

Planning appeal 3363981 at Land North East of Grove Lane , Lydney, Gloucestershire (Forest of Dean District Council) was allowed on 20 August 2025 by Inspector Nicholls H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development complies with the development plan in respect of its scale, nature and location.

outline application for residential development for up to 80 dwellings, including 50% affordable housing, and all associated works, with all matters reserved for future determination except for access (excluding internal roads)

Authority
Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Nicholls H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development complies with the development plan in respect of its scale, nature and location
  • whether the development would be sustainably located in terms of access to facilities and services and reducing the need to travel
  • whether the development would be safe and avoid the increased risk of flooding elsewhere

What decided it

The severe housing land supply shortfall and the substantial benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the identified but modest or lower-end harms under the tilted balance at paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.

The substantial weight attributable to housing delivery and 50% affordable housing, together with modest/limited weight benefits (self-build, economic benefits, biodiversity enhancement, sustainable travel infrastructure), outweighed the modest weight harms (BMV land loss, landscape/character harm, flood risk sequential test conflict) and the lower-end less-than-substantial heritage harm, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CSP.5Policy CSP.4Policy CSP.1Policy CSP.2Policy ENV1Policy AP1Policy AP4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 89Paragraph 215Paragraph 58Paragraph 11

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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